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Springfield Model 1861: The Rifle That Defined the Civil War

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The Model 1861 Springfield is one of those firearms that gets glossed over in history class but deserves a harder look from anyone who actually thinks about what happens when you put a weapon in a soldier's hands under stress. "Our guns were issued to us the other day, beautiful pieces; of the most improved pattern — the Springfield rifled musket.... barrel, long and glistening — bound into its bed by gleaming rings — long and straight and so bright that when I present arms, and bring it bef...

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Springfield Model 1861: The Rifle That Defined the Civil War

The Springfield Model 1861 was a .58-caliber rifled musket produced for the United States Army during the American Civil War. It was the most widely used Union shoulder weapon of that conflict — a muzzle-loading, percussion-cap arm firing a Minié bal

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