Lanyard Puller
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2017
- Location
- South Carolina
"Stony, "]I would love to have a Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket. Start and stop right there...
VMICraig, mterry, and a few others posted concerning; Provenance, IDs, battles, etc... all being the story of the gun and the man who carried it. To be able to "put it into someones hands", is indeed very special. I' posting one of my favorites;
Troiani's, "Counterattack at the Crater" depicts this man's last battle and could have lead to his desertion from the Petersburg trenches.
A Virginia P53 Enfield. No state markings on Va. guns.
VMICraig, mterry, and a few others posted concerning; Provenance, IDs, battles, etc... all being the story of the gun and the man who carried it. To be able to "put it into someones hands", is indeed very special. I' posting one of my favorites;
Troiani's, "Counterattack at the Crater" depicts this man's last battle and could have lead to his desertion from the Petersburg trenches.
A Virginia P53 Enfield. No state markings on Va. guns.
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