Confederate arms question

[JackADriscoll]

I'm curious did any Confederate arms before or after the war end up in the service of foreign governments?

 

[UCVRelics]

I'm curious did any Confederate arms before or after the war end up in the service of foreign governments?

Not sure what you been by CS arms before the war. Many states both north and South got weapons before the war from the US government. Bannermans shipped a lot of CS as well as US weapons overseas after the war from the surplus he bought from the US gov after the war.

 

[JackADriscoll]

Not sure what you been by CS arms before the war. Many states both north and South got weapons before the war from the US government. Bannermans shipped a lot of CS as well as US weapons overseas after the war from the surplus he bought from the US gov after the war.

That's what I meant. Have you ever seen an arm with Confederate markings and foreign ones?

 

[USS ALASKA]

Sir, please see...

Pattern 1853 Enfields sold to Japan After American Civil War | Small Arms & Ammunition

I found this to be interesting. They could be floating around Japan or China. From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_1853_Enfield "After the end of the war, hundreds of formerly Confederate Enfield 1853 muskets were sold from the American arms market to the Tokugawa shogunate, as well as...

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Boshin War in Japan: Civil War Surplus? | Small Arms & Ammunition

So, I'm working on a paper for my masters degree and I'm trying to find out more about the US weapons used by the Japanese during the Boshin War, their Civil War that put Emperor Meji in charge and kicked out the Shogun. From what I've found, Spencer rifles\carbines and Colt revolvers showed...

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HTHs,
USS ALASKA

 

[JackADriscoll]

Awesome reading thank you

 

[UCVRelics]

That's what I meant. Have you ever seen an arm with Confederate markings and foreign ones?

Yes I have but it didn't have Irish marks. I tried to buy a CS Richmond rifle on a trip I made to Ireland to play golf. The owner would not sell it.

 

[bayonet]

Yes I have but it didn't have Irish marks. I tried to buy a CS Richmond rifle on a trip I made to Ireland to play golf. The owner would not sell it.

Probably because you beat him at golf and ****** him off!

 

[observator]

80 years after the war an arsenal of Civil War springfields were sent to a tribe in Asia to fight the Japanese during World War II {no joke]