Model 1842 Harpers Ferry Rifled Musket
date: label: associated date
content: 1850
name: label: maker
content: Springfield Armory
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: United States Model 1842 Harpers Ferry musket, .69 caliber.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: The Model 1842 Harpers Ferry percussion musket had a smoothbore barrel. After the adoption of the .58-caliber minie bullet in 1855, musket barrels were rifled.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
label: used
content: United States: Virginia
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.273343
label: maker number
content: D1850
label: catalog number
content: 273343
label: accession number
content: 54537
objectType: label: Object Name
content: musket
label: Other Terms
content: musket; Firearms; Percussion Fire; Rifled; Muzzle Load; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 58 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 147.955 cm x 6.35 cm