Remington 1863 Contract Rifle
date: label: date made
content: 1863
label: associated date
content: 1863
name: label: maker
content: Remington Arms Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Also known as the "Zouave Rifle," the .58-caliber muzzle loading 1863 Remington was referred to as "Harpers Ferry Pattern" in official Army documents. Although over 12,000 were manufactured, exactly who used them and how they acquired the name Zouave are mysteries.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
label: See more items in
content: Civil War
label: See more items in
content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.22827
label: catalog number
content: 22827
label: accession number
content: 64127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rifle
label: Object Name
content: rifle, percussion
label: Other Terms
content: rifle; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .58 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, rifle: 49 in x 2 1/4 in; 124.46 cm x 5.715 cm