Millersville Georgia Confederate Conversion

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Millersville Georgia Confederate Conversion

 

Confederate percussion conversion of a Model 1816 musket performed in Millersville, Georgia.

 

The lock is stamped B. Evans Phila and the breech bears inspector marks including U.S., P, and E. The musket retains its trumpet‑tipped ramrod and both sling swivels.

 

Confederate state arsenals such as the facility at Millersville were responsible for altering large numbers of captured and obsolete muskets in order to arm Southern troops.

 

Converted Model 1816 muskets were among the most common stop-gap arms of the 1840s through early Civil War period. Originally produced as flintlocks, they were modernized through cone-in-barrel, side-bolster, or braised-bolster systems in order to extend their useful life after percussion ignition superseded the flint mechanism. These conversions are historically significant because they document the long service life of early U.S. military arms and the enormous demand for shoulder weapons in both state and national service.

 

Inventory Number: RIF 313

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