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Enfield Sergeant's Pattern 1859 Tool for Civil War P53 Rifled Musket 1856 Carbine, 1858 Short Rifle as used by Union and Confederate Armies
Guns International #: 101571551 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Collectibles - Civil War - Accessories - English
Seller's Information
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Seller: Brent Wilburn
Company: Antique Arms, Inc.
Member Since: 11/19/15
First Name: Brent
Last Name: Wilburn
State: Georgia
Zip: 30052
Country: United States
Phone: (678) 471-1432
Phone2: (678) 471-1432
Number of Active Listings: 0
Total Number of Listings: 599
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: Money Order, Certified Check
Description:
This tool is basically a Swiss Army knife for the Enfield rifles of which 900,000 were imported by the Confederacy and Union during the American Civil War. It has no British military acceptance markings which means it was made commercially...which is exactly what was imported into American during the war. It contains a screw driver, a musket worm, a ball puller, an oil reservoir, an oiling pin, a vent clean-out pick, a mainspring vice, and a small hammer, the caps for the ball puller and oiler can also be used as a jag for a wiper when attached to the end of an enfield ramrod. This one is the nicest we've ever seen as it's in Excllent Condition with 85% of its original English Blackened finish...which is basically a low luster blued finish. It does not appear to have ever been issued. These were obviously purchased by both sides by Confederate and Union buyers in England...particularly in London and Birmingham as both lacked the industrial capacity to produce enough weapons to arm their troops for at least the first couple years of the Civil War. As the North's industrial capacity grew, it purchased less and less foreign goods but the South purchased foreign goods, particularly Engish-made throughout the war. As the North had a Naval blockade of every Confederate port which itensified as the war progressed, the South had to rely upon small and fast steamships known as blockade runners to get their vital supplies. These blockade runners operated out Bermuda, Nassau in the Bahamas, and Havanna, Cuba. While Southern ports like Galveston, Mobile, and Charleston received blockade runners, the port that received the most supplies was Wilmington, NC via the Cape Fear River which had not one but 2 inlets...effectively spreading out the Naval blockade enough for runners to slip into gun range of Fort Fisher and escape up the river to the port. This port stayed open until Jan. 1865. Many blockade runners were captured and their cargoes confiscated. Could this tool have been captured from a blockade runner or just arrived too late in the war to have seen use. Most of the ones that turn up are typically well used, missing something or another, and almost always have a dark brown patina. This one is collection grade and would be difficult to improve upon.
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