[An Austrian rifled musket with a 37 1/2 inch barrel, and a 19 inch bayonet]

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Title: [An Austrian rifled musket with a 37 1/2 inch barrel, and a 19 inch bayonet]
Date: 1862 September 4
Creator: Beckley, Wilson S., 1845-1866.
Notes: "Austrian Rifle + Bayonet."; Wilson S. Beckley ALS to Mother [Sarah Sturdevant Beckley], September 4, 1862. Camp Siegel, [Ionia, Mi.], page 3. From a collection of papers including dated material from April 12, 1862, through November 16, 1864. The collection of 16 letters provides a great deal of information on camp life in the 21st Michigan Volunteer Infantry as well as views towards the “rebels.” With the exception of one letter from a cousin named Julia and a discarded letter of a Confederate soldier that he found at a rebel camp describing the battle of Shiloh, all letters were written by Beckley to his mother.
Names and Subjects: Bayonets--United States--1860-1870.; Michigan Infantry Volunteers.; Military weapons--Pictorial works.; Military weapons--United States--History--19th century.; Rifles--1860-1870.; Rifles--Drawings.; Rifles--United States--Pictorial works.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works.; Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Letters (correspondence); Line drawings.; Pencil drawings.
Collection Title: Wilson S. Beckley papers
Collection Creator: Beckley, Wilson S., 1845-1866
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 5819
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2018-07-19 18:04:53

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Image Size: 5776 x 6260
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 5819
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