U.S. Model 1842 musket and bayonet by Springfield Armory
date: label: Date
content: 1847
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Springfield Armory, American, 1777 - 1968
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place made
content: Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Weapons and Ammunition
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.116.5ab
objectType: label: Type
content: bayonets
label: Type
content: muskets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: walnut, brass (alloy) and steel
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a): 58 × 6 7/8 × 4 3/16 in. (147.3 × 17.5 × 10.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b): 20 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 7/8 in. (52.5 × 8.2 × 2.3 cm)