Sharps Rifle
name: label: licensee
content: Sharps, C.
label: maker
content: Sharps
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: United States Sharps rifle Model 1859, .52 caliber.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This type of rifle was carried by the 5th New York Zouaves.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, "Duryée's Zouaves," was one of the most renowned fighting regiments of the American Civil War. Their colorful Zouave uniforms were based on those of the elite Zouave battalion of the French Army, whose dashing appearance matched its fighting abilities. Their precise maneuvers, effectiveness in combat, and steady bearing under fire won them universal respect and recognition. "I doubt whether it had an equal," General George Sykes said of the 5th New York, "and certainly no superior among all the regiments of the Army of the Potomac." Many observers considered the 5th New York to be the best-drilled volunteer unit in the federal army.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Louise Walcott Knowlton Browne
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.10533
label: catalog number
content: 10533
label: accession number
content: 45676
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rifle
label: Other Terms
content: rifle; Firearms; Disc Prime; .52 In; Rifled; 14; 03
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 47 in x 2 in; 17.78 cm x 119.38 cm x 5.08 cm