GETTYSBURG-IDENTIFIED, REMINGTON MAYNARD TAPE CONVERSION RIFLED-MUSKET CAPTURED FROM THE REBELS

GETTYSBURG-IDENTIFIED, REMINGTON MAYNARD TAPE CONVERSION RIFLED-MUSKET CAPTURED FROM THE REBELS

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Item Code: 2025-3339

This handsome, heavy, full-stock, percussion cap and ball rifled musket longarm was recovered from the Gettysburg battlefield soon after the fighting by Lt. David H. Carter of Company “G”, 43rd Pennsylvania Infantry regiment, aka the Pennsylvania Emergency Troops of 1863. Musket bears an old brass, 2¼” long oval medallion stamped “MUSKET CAPTURED / FROM THE REBELS AT GETTYSURG 1863 / PICKED UP BY / LIEUTENANT CARTER / OF CAPTAIN / BURNET LANDRETH’S COMPANY”.

Captain Landreth was the company commander of “G” Co., 43rd PA Infantry of which Lt. Carter was an officer at the time of the battle. The 43rd PA was formed in June 1863 to thwart the threat of rebel invasion of the border states, hence they were called the ‘Emergency’ troops. The musket is an original M1816 type 2 or type 3 musket altered by Frankford Arsenal with the then-new Maynard Type primer locks and percussion bolsters made by the Remington Arms Co of New York. Remington Arms contracted with the government between 1856 to 1859 for 20,000 Maynard primer locks and bolsters and delivered all to Philadelphia’s Frankford Arsenal location. The primer lock device was centered on the lockplate and had a kidney-shaped hinged door while the bolster /nipple was extra long to fit the Maynard device. A tape or strip of narrow varnished paper holding small dabs of fulminate of mercury was inserted into the hinged door device. When the hammer was cocked, an internal pawl rotated the tape and allowed the fulminate to rest atop the nipple.

The .69 caliber musket, rifled by the arsenal, measures 57½” overall in length and has a 42¼” long round barrel matched to a one-piece stock of dark walnut. Stock shows two, fine government cartouches on the flat. Also exhibits another partial ID handcarved on the right side of the stock which reads “B L / Sergt. / 1861”. All gunmetal, including the barrel, wears a medium gray with moderate peppery pitting overall with evidence of cleaning. A two-leaf rear sight rests on the barrel. All furniture is iron including the high spur hammer, buttstrap, trigger guard, lockplate, swivels and three barrel bands. Barrel is stamped on the breech top areas with proof mark “P”. Lockplate has a clean, strong maker’s mark “REMINGTON’S / ILION N.Y. / 1856 / U. S.” behind the hammer. No visible marks on barrel tang. Many of these rifled muskets saw Civil War duty while 600 units saw naval service. Original ramrod measures 42” long. Bore is strong with good rifling and has light rust pitting. Mechanics strong. A great Gettysburg-related longarm.  [ra][ph:L]

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