Spencer Repeating Rifle used by Abraham Lincoln
date: label: date made
content: ca 1862
name: label: associated person
content: Lincoln, Abraham
label: maker
content: Spencer Repeating Arms Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Spencer repeating rifle took a magazine in the stock holding seven metallic cartridges. The trigger guard was a lever that loaded cartridges and ejected spent shells. This particular rifle was used by Abraham Lincoln for target practice at the White House. The rifle was borrowed from the Navy Department and was fired in the "White Lot."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.297603.3
label: accession number
content: 297603
label: catalog number
content: 297603.3
label: serial number
content: 9753
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rifle
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 47 1/4 in; 120.015 cm