Original U.S. Civil War Era Austrian Augustin M-1842 Percussion Conversion Rifled Musket - dated 1849 French Helmets The 57TH REGIMENT OF FOOT

The 57TH REGIMENT OF FOOT was raised in 1755 for the 7 Years War which we know as the FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

he met Frank Lloyd Wright and became a Fellowship teacher of structural engineering at Taliesin in 1932

Steele later escaped from the Germans and rejoined his division when US troops of the 3rd Battalion

I don’t think they followed us really

This example bears serial number CH 4060 on the barrel knoxform and stock (faint)

Original U.S. Civil War Era Austrian Augustin M-1842 Percussion Conversion Rifled Musket - dated 1849 French Helmets The 57TH REGIMENT OF FOOTOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an AUSTRIAN AUGUSTIN MODEL 1842 Percussion Rifled Musket, originally issued in flintlock, but converted to percussion in the 1850s. It was most likely subsequently sold to the United States and imported just prior to the U. S. Civil War where many of these weapons saw service mostly on the Confederate side. The musket complete with original period double ended ramrod. The musket measures just shy of 58" in