Guns International #: 100998128
Seller's Inventory #: 5262
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Guns International #: 100998128
Category - Enfield Rifles
- Civil War Rifles
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC Member Since: 11/3/16
State:
Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
Int'l Phone: 314-707-7373
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CIVIL WAR Antique “Trench Art” ENFIELD 1853 Musket
Description: CIVIL WAR Antique “Trench Art” ENFIELD 1853 Musket By George Vorhees of the 124th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Here we present a Civil War Antique Enfield Pattern 1853 Musket, identified to George Vorhees of Batavia, Illinois, who served in B Company of the 124th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, nicknamed “The Excelsiors”. Per the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois Volume VI (confirmed in the book below), George Vorhees enlisted on August 6, 1862, then same day that the regiment was formed. He survived the war, mustering out on August 15, 1865. During that period, the 124th Regiment participated in the Siege of Vicksburg, which lasted from May 18 to July 4, 1863. The siege wore heavily on both the Union and Confederate soldiers, the combatants and non-combatants alike. Those besieged were tough as nails as we will soon read about. But after several months of dwindling food supplies, constant shelling and untold emotional toll, Vickburg was surrendered. Upon entering the city, one soldier of the 124th gave this account of the carnage and the perception of the siege from the point of view of the besieged, recorded in History of the 124th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Volunteers Otherwise Known as the “Hundred and Two Dozen” From August, 1862, to August, 1865 (by R.L. Howard and published 1880): But notwithstanding all we found to prove their fearful suffering and loss during the siege, everybody in Vicksburg—unless talking upon some other subject, and telling the truth by accident—stoutly maintained that we had done them very little damage. The long and terrible struggle which had terminated in the unconditional surrender of more than 30,000 famishing troops, and such a vast quantity of munitions of war, which, ere it reached that result, had wiped out whole batteries and companies, till not a man remained, which had rained iron hail and leaden death upon their devoted heads from a thousand cannon and more than 50,000 rifles, night and day, for weeks, till every place of business was closed, and all dwellings abandoned, the inhabitants having gone into the earth like prairie dogs for safety, and which had killed non-combatants by scores and hundreds in their places of shelter, and as they sought to go a few steps by night in the streets, all that had been a mere bagatelle—a simple farce. We had been greatly mistaken if we thought we had punished them much; very greatly mistaken. But we must have suffered terribly, they said. Such ability to hide the plainest facts from their eyes, and fortify themselves in transparent falsehoods which had nearly ruined them, we could scarcely believe a sane people capable of. But there it was, before us every day, and some of its changes continually ringing in our ears. This Enfield 1853 bears carvings into the left side of the stock: “G. Voorhees”, “124 Ill.”, “Co. B.”, and “VICKSBURG.” There is also a hand-carved hexagram with a six-armed star in the center on the right side of the butt stock. There are several more very small markings on the underside of the wrist, just behind the trigger guard. One appears to be a maker’s mark, while the other two are hexagrams (think Star of David) with the letter “D” within each. Commercial British proof marks are located on the left side of the barrel. Was this George Vorhees’s issued musket or was this a battlefield pick-up on which he whiled away the periods of down-time of the siege recording these few bits of information that would cause us to read about him 155 years later? The overall condition is that of a relic. The metal surfaces have a brown patina to them. The markings are clear. The stock is very smooth with old handling marks. The bore is thick with dust. The action is currently out of commission due to a broken sear spring, which could be replaced. More than a musket, this is a historical piece of trench art from the Siege of Vicksburg. Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction. Barrel is 38 inches. Caliber: .60 Overall condition as seen in photos. Very Fast. Very Safe. FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE. Delivered directly to your door by express mail! Guaranteed AUTHENTIC & Includes CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. ancestryguns $2000 #5262 SOLD Antique: Yes |
Guns International #: 100998128
Seller's Inventory #: 5262
Guns International #: 100998128
Seller's Inventory #: 5262