UncleBourbon
Private
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2019
- Location
- Massachusetts
Earlier this year in January I spotted this rifle at the West Point Museum (pictured is a blurry photo I got of it).
It seriously piqued my interest, but I wasn't able to find anything on it until Ian of Forgotten Weapons made a video for it
In the video he stated it was used by the Michigan 16th Infantry at the Battle of Peebles's farm, and that the 16th received it poorly.
While this is really cool information and I wanted to share it in general, I was also wondering if there were any written accounts of Michigan soldiers on the rifle, if there were any photographs of soldiers holding the rifle, and if it's at all possible a few specimens could've gotten into Confederate hands after the battle.
Also general discussion of superimposed charge rifles.
It seriously piqued my interest, but I wasn't able to find anything on it until Ian of Forgotten Weapons made a video for it
In the video he stated it was used by the Michigan 16th Infantry at the Battle of Peebles's farm, and that the 16th received it poorly.
While this is really cool information and I wanted to share it in general, I was also wondering if there were any written accounts of Michigan soldiers on the rifle, if there were any photographs of soldiers holding the rifle, and if it's at all possible a few specimens could've gotten into Confederate hands after the battle.
Also general discussion of superimposed charge rifles.