Original U.S. Civil War Antietam Battlefield Pickup Eli Whitney P-1853 Type Rifled Musket with Provenance Tag Resin Guns and Grenades The wiring is exposed in

The wiring is exposed in most of the cord due to the coating drying out and cracking

barrel wedge and cylinder axis pin have shortened matching serial numbers

It is most likely during the period of "British Ceylon" that this very nice horse pistol was produced

There is also a large + M marking on the right butt stock

The scabbard and blade bear matching serial numbers 5210 / c

Original U.S. Civil War Antietam Battlefield Pickup Eli Whitney P-1853 Type Rifled Musket with Provenance Tag Resin Guns and Grenades The wiring is exposed inOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a fantastic bit of U. S. firearms AND military history! The story of this musket began during the Crimean war of 1853 1856, one of the many Victorian era conflicts in Europe precipitated by the decline of the Ottoman Empire. When the war began, England had just patterned the new P 1853 Enfield 3 Band rifled musket, and unfortunately their domestic production had not produced enough for the conflict, much