Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Luce Center
Model 1816 U.S. Flintlock Musket
Object Number:
1947.294
Date:
1824
Medium:
Wood, iron, brass, steel
Dimensions:
barrel length: 42 1/8 in. ( 107 cm )
Overall: 58 in. ( 147.3 cm )
Marks:
stamped: tail of lockplate: "SPRING/FIELD/1824"; eagle head proof at breech end of barrel
stamped: center of lockplate: "SPRINGFIELD" (eagle grasping branch/arrows in claws to left of mark)
Description:
Wood, iron, brass, and steel flintlock musket; iron furniture; trumpet-head steel ramrod; stamped marks at center and tail of lockplate; stamped proofs at breech end of barrel.
Gallery Label:
The Model 1816 flintlock musket was the primary arm of U.S. infantrymen from 1816 until 1840. By 1861, most serviceable flintlock muskets had been converted to percussion, and many of the altered guns were used by Union and Confederate troops during the Civil War.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Washington Headquarters Association, Daughters of the American Revolution
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
