Description
God bless him
The division included
brass wire binding missing
The cross itself is a very fine example with crisp beading
Written in pencil on the reverse of the photo it reads:
Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M1863 Type II Rifled Musket Shortened for Frontier Use - Dated 1864 Royal Air Force God bless himOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Springfield Model 1863 rifled musket is a . 58 caliber rifled musket produced by the Springfield Armory between 1863 and 1865. The Model 1863 was a minor improvement over the Springfield Model 1861. As such, it is sometimes classified as just a variant of the Model 1861. The Model 1861, with all of its variants, was the most commonly used longarm in the American Civil War, with over 700,000 manufactured. The