Model 1854 Lorenz rifle

Source catalog description

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

An Austrian Model 1854 .54 caliber Lorenz rifle constructed of primarily of a beech stock; steel barrel, breech ramrod; and brass butt plate and other fittings. The oxidized barrel features a front sight, stored ramrod, barrel bands, and shorted front stock. The proper left lock plate is missing. There are various markings throughout; the largest engraving was added post-manufacture and constitutes the entire proper right stock: [CAPTURED AT PORT HUDSON LA. / JUNE 13, 1863 / PRESENTED TO HON. ELIAS ROOT / BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF / 110 N.Y.V. Co I]. The proper right lock plate, parallel to the hammer, shows an engraving “860”. A “26” is painted in a square on the proper left of the stock. There is a long split in the stock’s wood from the butt, and areas of wood replacement closest to the butt, where an oxidized plate features the engraving of “C S” below a stock screw.

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