Edwin Wesson Match Rifle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1849
name: label: maker
content: Wesson, Edwin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This .45 caliber rifle was designed for use in shooting matches. Made by Edwin Wesson (the older brother of Daniel Wesson of Smith & Wesson), it was used in the Civil War by Edwin J. Stanclift of the 8th Company, 1st Battalion, New York Sharpshooters. The telescopic sight was made by C.D. Abbey of Chicago.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ralph G. Packard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.43490
label: catalog number
content: 43490
label: accession number
content: 164794
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rifle
label: Object Name
content: rifle, percussion
label: Other Terms
content: rifle; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .45 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; Sa; Match
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 47 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in; 120.65 cm x 6.0325 cm