Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Springfield Armory, American, 1777 - 1968
- Description
- A U.S. Model 1842 .70 caliber musket (a) and bayonet (b) manufactured by Springfield Armory, circa 1847. The musket features a dark walnut stock, steel barrel and detached bayonet, muzzle, front right, stored ramrod, barrel bands and other steel fittings. The bayonet (b) is engraved with “US” on its inside below the blade. On the proper right lock plate is engraved “SPRINGFIELD 1847” and an eagle with “US” beneath it. Proof marks “V / P” are engraved on the proper left side of the breech. The rusting butt plate is with “US” engraved near a stock screw.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 1847
- Object number
- 2018.116.5ab
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- bayonets
- muskets
- Medium
- walnut, brass (alloy) and steel
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (a): 58 × 6 7/8 × 4 3/16 in. (147.3 × 17.5 × 10.7 cm)
- H x W x D (b): 20 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 7/8 in. (52.5 × 8.2 × 2.3 cm)
- Place made
- Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Weapons and Ammunition
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Military
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2018.116.5ab
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53fa63bf4-5093-4671-a9f0-af84dea78bd8
