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front Civil War musket with bayonet made by Lamson, Goodnow and Yale
1864
M.73
In 1855 the Lamson & Goodnow Company joined with the Yale [Lock] Company to purchase the bankrupt Robbins and Lawrence Armory in Windsor, Vermont, to make guns
front Flintlock long fowler
1765-1780
1971.01.02
Many militia during the American Revolution (1775-1783) carried a fowler, a light sporting gun used for hunting small game such as birds and rabbits.
front Flintlock Fowler
1780-1800
1926.13.01
Their eagerness to preserve objects associated with the American Revolution led some collectors to include heirlooms like this flintlock fowler that actually post-dated the Revolution.
front Brown Bess flintlock musket
1768
1882.81
The Brown Bess musket was the standard issue weapon for English troops during the American Revolution.
front Flintlock Musket
1812
1881.045.02
Developed in the 17th century, flintlock muskets remained the most common firearms throughout the 18th century.
front Flintlock Musket
c. 1777
1883.30.03
Although this musket was dug up near the site of a battle of King Philip's War (1675-76), it likely dates to the 1770's and a Revolutionary War battle.
front Springfield percussion musket
1862
1937.06.01
The Springfield musket was the most common weapon carried by Union soldiers during the Civil War (1861-1865).
front Bridesburg Percussion Musket
1862
1930.02.02
The flintlock musket of the Revolutionary War era gave way to the more modern percussion cap rifle-musket by the Civil War (1861-1865)

 

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