Object Details
- Whitney Arms Company
- Description (Brief)
- Put into production at Harpers Ferry in 1846, the Model 1841 is also known as the Mississippi Rifle due to its success in the Mexican War with the Mississippi regiment under the command of Colonel Jefferson Davis. Approximately 70,000 Model 1841s were produced by Harpers Ferry and contractors between 1846 and 1855. In 1861, these .54 caliber rifles were put back into service on both sides.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1855
- ID Number
- AF.272955
- catalog number
- 272955
- accession number
- 54205
- Object Name
- rifle
- rifle, percussion
- Other Terms
- rifle; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .54 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; Sa
- Measurements
- overall: 7 in x 49 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 17.78 cm x 125.095 cm x 6.985 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Firearms
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_417407
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b0-0161-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
