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[[Image:Springfield 1840.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Springfield Model 1840 - .69 Percussion]] | [[Image:Springfield 1840.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Springfield Model 1840 - .69 Percussion]] | ||
[[Image:Springfield1842musket.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Springfield Model 1842 - .69 Smoothbore]] | [[Image:Springfield1842musket.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Springfield Model 1842 - .69 Smoothbore]] | ||
| + | [[Image:1847 musketoon.jpg|thumb|right|600px|Springfield Model 1847 Sapper's Musketoon - .69 Percussion]] | ||
The US Springfield Model 1842 Musket was a .69 caliber musket manufactured and used in the United States during the 19th Century. It is a continuation of the Model 1816 line of muskets but is generally referred to as its own model number rather than just a variant of the Model 1816. It was the most common weapon used in the Mexican-American War and the first year of the American Civil War. | The US Springfield Model 1842 Musket was a .69 caliber musket manufactured and used in the United States during the 19th Century. It is a continuation of the Model 1816 line of muskets but is generally referred to as its own model number rather than just a variant of the Model 1816. It was the most common weapon used in the Mexican-American War and the first year of the American Civil War. | ||
Revision as of 01:48, 6 January 2011
The US Springfield Model 1842 Musket was a .69 caliber musket manufactured and used in the United States during the 19th Century. It is a continuation of the Model 1816 line of muskets but is generally referred to as its own model number rather than just a variant of the Model 1816. It was the most common weapon used in the Mexican-American War and the first year of the American Civil War.
The Springfield 1842 was used by the following actors in the following:
Film
- Irish Conscript into the U.S. Federal Army in Gangs of New York
- Jeremy Davies as Private Toffler in Ravenous
- US and Confederate soldiers in Gettysburg
Television
- Seen hanging from the wall of a bar in The Sopranos (Season 1, Episode 5) "College"