Rifle that killed Gen. Weed

[Nu2Texas]

What type of rifle is believed to have killed Gen. Steven Weed at LRT?

 

[CMWinkler]

Welcome.

 

[rpkennedy]

As far as I know, no one has ever examined the type of round that hit Weed.

R

 

[yankee hoorah]

Welcome from SC.
Good question.

 

[chellers]

Welcome to CivilWarTalk.

 

[ole]

What type of rifle is believed to have killed Gen. Steven Weed at LRT?

Best I can figure out is to find out what troops he was facing and then find out what weapons they were issued. If the shooter was a sniper; figure an Enfield.

 

[rpkennedy]

Best I can figure out is to find out what troops he was facing and then find out what weapons they were issued. If the shooter was a sniper; figure an Enfield.

Odds are, the round came from the vicinity of Devil's Den or the west face of Little Round Top. So, you have your pick between Alabamians, Georgians, and Texans.

R

 

[TinCan]

I agree, any of those boys could get the job done.

 

[diane]

Slightly off-kilter, just a tiny detour... Do you suppose Stephen H Weed is kin to Abner Weed? Abner joined up with the 8th Maine, then went to California where he became a rich lumber man and founded a town that gets LOTS of love! (And he makes a fine amber ale, to boot.)

On topic: Did not the same sniper kill Hazlett, who was trying to tend Weed?

 

[rpkennedy]

Slightly off-kilter, just a tiny detour... Do you suppose Stephen H Weed is kin to Abner Weed? Abner joined up with the 8th Maine, then went to California where he became a rich lumber man and founded a town that gets LOTS of love! (And he makes a fine amber ale, to boot.)

On topic: Did not the same sniper kill Hazlett, who was trying to tend Weed?

That's the story (in regards to Hazlett). Unfortunately, there's no way to know if a sniper was involved or it was just wrong place, wrong time for both men.

R

 

[John Winn]

Welcome from Southern Oregon (northern Jefferson).

As to your question, I'm afraid I have no idea. As a Second Amendment type I do have to say that the rifle, whichever type it might have been, didn't kill the man in question; they guy who pulled the trigger did. Just as a heads up, that's the type of detail we cherish here.

 

[28thNewYork]

Greetings and welcome from Atlanta. Good question--good responses.

 

[Patrick H]

Welcome to the forum and I'll bet you get a likely answer to your question. I'm sorry I can't provide it, but I love reading inquiries like this and the answers that follow, so thanks for posting it!

 

[kholland]

"Weed's bravery even unto death, and his bluff, outspoken manner, were well exemplified by the clearness with which he made his dying requests, well knowing they were such, and by the emphasis with which he spoke, particularly in a reply which almost epitomizes the character of the man, made to Crennell when he said to him, "General, I hope you are not so very badly hurt." Said Weed, "I'm as dead a man as Julius Caesar." He soon became delirious and died at about 9 o'clock that evening."

http://www.gdg.org/Research/OOB/Union/July1-3/sweed.html

 

[gary]

Find out what weapons were issued to the 1st Texas or 3rd Arkansas.

 

[rpkennedy]

Find out what weapons were issued to the 1st Texas or 3rd Arkansas.

And the 4th and 5th Texas. And the various Alabama units in the Devil's Den area. And Benning's Georgians. The round could have come from any of those units (although I tend to think that it was probably either the 4th and 5th Texas and not a sharpshooter from the Devil's Den).

R

 

[Stony]

This may help.https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...ooLoBQ&usg=AFQjCNEvmOdVQyqu-bOTS50coHSvR0wU2Q