Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M1861 Rifled-Musket Converted to Needham Breechloader - dated 1862 Replica Non-Firing Pistols & Rifles DREYSE / SOMMERDA

DREYSE / SOMMERDA

Very interesting U

It was sharpened correctly

We do not know how long it was in use for

James Montgomery Flagg was born in New York in 1877

Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M1861 Rifled-Musket Converted to Needham Breechloader - dated 1862 Replica Non-Firing Pistols & Rifles DREYSE / SOMMERDAOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a U. S. Springfield Model 1861 rifled musket, which was later fitted with a Needham Breech loading conversion system, in nice original condition. This type of alternation was designed by two brothers, Joseph and George Henry Needham of London, England. Before its alteration from cap and ball to a . 58 caliber breech loading centerfire system in 1869, this long arm was produced at Springfield Armory in