- Joined
- Feb 20, 2005
- Location
- South of the North 40
The M1841 was one of the better arms available to soldiers in the early days of the Civil War. With a reputation gained in the Mexican War and on the frontier the M1841 was well known and well regarded.
It is a fine looking rifle with trigger guard, barrel bands and a large patch box made of brass on a dark walnut stock with a color case hardened lock and action and rust blued barrel made an extremely handsom long arm tha served both Union and Confederate soldiers very well.
Originally produced by Harper Ferry; famous manufacturers such as Eli Whitney and Remington manufactured large numbers as well. First issued in .54 caliber well over 75,000 were manufactured. In the late 1840's a large portion were rebored to the standard .58 minnie bullet. Twelve different versions were available to the soldier of the Civil War with the Colt Contract model being one of the most plentiful and certainly one of the most popular. With a suitable rear sight the weapon had a well earned reputation as a deadly arm in the hands of a man who knew how to shoot.
In 1852 South Carolina contracted with William Glaze to provide approximately 1000 copies of the M1841. They were every bit the equal of any made in the North and provided excellent service to SC volunteers in the Civil War.
Perhaps most widely used by the Union in the western theatre is was a favorite arm and there are no known instances of this arm being traded for Enfields or Springfields.
It is a fine looking rifle with trigger guard, barrel bands and a large patch box made of brass on a dark walnut stock with a color case hardened lock and action and rust blued barrel made an extremely handsom long arm tha served both Union and Confederate soldiers very well.
Originally produced by Harper Ferry; famous manufacturers such as Eli Whitney and Remington manufactured large numbers as well. First issued in .54 caliber well over 75,000 were manufactured. In the late 1840's a large portion were rebored to the standard .58 minnie bullet. Twelve different versions were available to the soldier of the Civil War with the Colt Contract model being one of the most plentiful and certainly one of the most popular. With a suitable rear sight the weapon had a well earned reputation as a deadly arm in the hands of a man who knew how to shoot.
In 1852 South Carolina contracted with William Glaze to provide approximately 1000 copies of the M1841. They were every bit the equal of any made in the North and provided excellent service to SC volunteers in the Civil War.
Perhaps most widely used by the Union in the western theatre is was a favorite arm and there are no known instances of this arm being traded for Enfields or Springfields.