Enfield rifle marked with Tower of London Arsenal insignia and shortened to carbine length. This gun was probably picked up on the battlefield and shortened to carbine length for use by the Confederate Army.
Lockplate of a C. Chapman rifle. It was made either at the Nashville Arsenal or the Sumner Armory at Gallatin. Fewer than 100 of these rifles were made.
Hunting rifle that belonged to John Oliver Wall. Wall was born December 18, 1843, in Carroll County, Tennessee. He died February 24, 1899, in Carroll County, Tennessee. He fought in the Civil War.
A .40 caliber rifle that belonged to Pvt. William A. Dycus, Co. D, 28th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. Dycus was 16 years old when he enlisted in November 1862.
Half-stock muzzle-loading percussion rifle from 1840-1870. Wallet stock, .30 caliber. It was a family-owned item from Hickman County. The owner of the gun was Sgt. John Wesley McDonough, Co. G, 12th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA. He was married to Ecloy...
Inscription and cover page of "Rifle and Infantry Tactics, Vol. II." The tome is touted as being "the only copy-right edition." It has a notice from W. J. Hardee, Colonel, Confederate States Army, inside the front cover. The notice was written from...
Inscription and cover page of "Rifle and Infantry Tactics, Vol. I." The tome is touted as being "the only copy-right edition." It has a notice from W. J. Hardee, Colonel, Confederate States Army, inside the front cover. The notice was written from...
This rifle was manufactured for the Confederate Army at the Pulaski Armory by W. N. Webb, N. B. Zuccarello and James McLean. While the barrel was new, some of the parts were repurposed from other weapons. "Pulaski C. S. A. 61" is engraved on the...
Newton Webb was a gun manufacturer at the Pulaski Armory. He was a carpenter by trade, and became a master armorer during the Civil War. This percussion fire rifle was Webb's personal firearm. There are no extant records of the Pulaski Armory; all...
