Model 1863 Springfield Rifle Musket
date: label: date made
content: 1864
name: label: user
content: Stockwell, Jr., Elisha
label: maker
content: Springfield Armory
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Model 1863 Springfield Rifle Musket used by Private Elisha Stockwell, Jr. during the Civil War
label: Description
content: On Feb. 25, 1862 at the age of 15, Elisha Stockwell, Jr. enlisted in Company 'I' of the 14th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Stockwell was issued a .69-caliber Belgian rifle musket when he joined. He was wounded twice at the Battle of Shiloh, and he fought at Corinth. By the time he fought at Vicksburg, Stockwell was issued a .577-caliber Enfield rifle.
label: Description
content: In early 1864 Stockwell was issued this .58-caliber Model 1863 Springfield rifle musket. Stockwell used this rifle at the battles of Kennesaw Mountain, and Mobile, but not at the Battle of Atlanta. Just before the Battle of Atlanta, a lieutenant sent Stockwell to find the cooks who were late with Company I’s coffee. Stockwell left his rifle and belts beside a tree and before he could find the cooks, the battle started. After the battle he returned to find his rifle and belts just where he left them.
label: Description
content: Stockwell was promoted to Corporal in March, 1865 and mustered out of the Army in Oct., 1865. He purchased this rifle and the rest of his kit for six dollars and the rifle was passed down through his family. It was donated to the Smithsonian by his great-grandson Gordon S. Stockwell in 2012.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Springfield
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: web subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
label: See more items in
content: Military
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Stockwell, Elisha Jr. and Byron R. Abernethy, ed.. Private Elisha Stockwell, Jr. Sees the Civil War
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0056.01
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0056.01
label: accession number
content: 2012.0056
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rifle
label: Object Name
content: rifle musket, percussion
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 56 in x 2 in; 20.32 cm x 142.24 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 56 in x 2 5/8 in; 142.24 cm x 6.6675 cm