Original U.S. Civil War Antietam Battlefield Pickup Eli Whitney P-1853 Type Rifled Musket with Provenance Tag Mortars Navy to be commended

Navy to be commended

used to keep the pistol from falling to the decks or overboard

What makes this knife very rare is that it retains the original wooden pommel

though it does have some staining

Original U.S. Civil War Antietam Battlefield Pickup Eli Whitney P-1853 Type Rifled Musket with Provenance Tag Mortars Navy to be commendedOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a fantastic bit of U. S. firearms AND military history! The story of this musket began during the Crimean war of 1853 1856, one of the many Victorian era conflicts in Europe precipitated by the decline of the Ottoman Empire. When the war began, England had just patterned the new P 1853 Enfield 3 Band rifled musket, and unfortunately their domestic production had not produced enough for the conflict, much