Navy "Whitney-Plymouth" Percussion Rifle
date: label: date made
content: 1863
name: label: commissioner
content: Dahlgren, John A.
label: maker
content: Whitney Arms Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Whitney 1861 Navy Rifle, also known as the Plymouth or Whitney-Plymouth was designed from the recommendations of Captain John A. Dahlgren, the famous Navy Ordnance officer. The .69 caliber muzzle loading rifle was developed and tested on board Dahlgren's ship, the U.S.S. Plymouth, 1856-1858. The Whitney Arms Company supplied the U.S. Navy with about ten thousand Plymouths.
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.256986
label: catalog number
content: 256986
label: accession number
content: 50774
label: serial number
content: 4231
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rifle
label: Object Name
content: rifle, percussion
label: Other Terms
content: rifle; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .68 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 50 in x 2 3/4 in; 127 cm x 6.985 cm