Original U.S. Civil War M1841 Mississippi Percussion Rifle by Eli Whitney in Original .54cal - dated 1844 Magazines all delivered by April 1865

all delivered by April 1865

then Sedgwick's

It is decorated with a very nice silver bullion embroidered eagle insignia on the peak and and an open silvered zinc oak leaf and acorn wreath surrounding a metal tri-color cockade on the band

Barings Bank was a British merchant bank based in London

Fitted with a single Flintlock mechanism the pan has two levels

Original U.S. Civil War M1841 Mississippi Percussion Rifle by Eli Whitney in Original .54cal - dated 1844 Magazines all delivered by April 1865Original item: Only One Available. A great Civil War Long Gun, the U. S. . 54 Caliber "Mississippi" Percussion Rifle was in 1841 way ahead of its time and showed stout service in the American Mexican War. They were well regarded, and still in arsenal as the tensions rose, culminating in the U. S. Civil War of 1861 1865. They were in a smaller caliber than desired, but with the thick barrel walls used in construction, this proved to not be an issue, as