U.S. Model 1842 musket and bayonet by Springfield Armory

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A U.S. Model 1842 .70 caliber musket (a) and bayonet (b) manufactured by Springfield Armory, circa 1847. The musket features a dark walnut stock, steel barrel and detached bayonet, muzzle, front right, stored ramrod, barrel bands and other steel fittings. The bayonet (b) is engraved with “US” on its inside below the blade. On the proper right lock plate is engraved “SPRINGFIELD 1847” and an eagle with “US” beneath it. Proof marks “V / P” are engraved on the proper left side of the breech. The rusting butt plate is with “US” engraved near a stock screw.

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