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[[File:M1816 SPAR5386.jpg|thumb|Springfield Model 1816 musket]]
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'''Springfield musket''' may refer to any one of several types of [[small arms]] produced by the [[Springfield Armory]] in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], for the [[United States armed forces]]. In modern times, these [[musket]]s are commonly referred to by their date of design followed by the name Springfield ("1855 Springfield", for example). However, U.S. Ordnance Department documentation at the time did not use "Springfield" in the name ("Rifle Musket, Model 1855", for example).
'''Springfield musket''' may refer to any one of several types of small arms produced by the [[Springfield Armory]] in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], for the [[United States armed forces]]. In modern times, these [[musket]]s are commonly referred to by their date of design followed by the name Springfield ("1855 Springfield", for example). However, [[Ordnance Corps (United States Army)|U.S. Ordnance Department]] documentation at the time did not use "Springfield" in the name ("Rifle Musket, Model 1855", for example).<ref name=":1">"Arms and Equipment of the Civil War" by Jack Coggins, Published by Courier Dover Publications, 2004</ref>


They are sometimes incorrectly referred to as "[[Springfield rifle]]s". Rifles have grooves on the inside of their barrels. Smoothbore muskets do not. The term "[[Rifled musket]]" originally referred to smoothbore muskets that later had their barrels rifled for use of the [[Minié ball]]. This term was extended to include weapons that were produced with [[rifled]] barrels, as long as the overall design was very similar to the original [[smoothbore]] musket.
They are sometimes incorrectly referred to as "[[Springfield rifle]]s". Rifles have grooves on the inside of their barrels. [[Smoothbore]] muskets do not. The term "[[Rifled musket]]" originally referred to smoothbore muskets that later had their barrels [[rifled]] for Intended use of the [[Minié ball]]. This term was extended to include weapons that were produced with rifled barrels, as long as the overall design was very similar to the original smoothbore musket.<ref name=":02">"Civil War Weapons and Equipment" by Russ A. Pritchard, Jr., Russ A. Pritchard Jr. Published by Globe Pequot, 2003</ref>


'''Smoothbore muskets:'''
'''Smoothbore muskets:'''


* [[Model 1795 Musket|Springfield Model 1795]] – .69 caliber [[flintlock]] smoothbore musket and first longarm to be manufactured at Springfield.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1795 Type I Springfield Armory Flintlock .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=9578,DATABASE=42896892,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=ww3.rediscov.com}}</ref>
* [[Model 1795 Musket|Springfield Model 1795]] – .69 caliber [[flintlock]] smoothbore musket and first longarm to be manufactured at Springfield.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1795 Type I Springfield Armory Flintlock .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=9578,DATABASE=42896892,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record}}</ref>
* [[Model 1812 Musket|Springfield Model 1812]] – .69 caliber flintlock smoothbore musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1812 Springfield Armory Flintlock .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=14034,DATABASE=42944848,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=ww3.rediscov.com}}</ref>
* [[Model 1812 Musket|Springfield Model 1812]] – .69 caliber flintlock smoothbore musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1812 Springfield Armory Flintlock .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=14034,DATABASE=42944848,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record}}</ref>
* [[Model 1816 Musket|Springfield Model 1816]] – .69 caliber flintlock smoothbore musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1816 Type I Springfield Armory Flintlock .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=10549,DATABASE=43280654,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=ww3.rediscov.com}}</ref>
* [[Model 1816 Musket|Springfield Model 1816]] – .69 caliber flintlock smoothbore musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1816 Type I Springfield Armory Flintlock .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=10549,DATABASE=43280654,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record}}</ref>
* [[Model 1822 Musket|Springfield Model 1822]] – .69 caliber flintlock smoothbore musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1816 Type II Springfield Armory Flintlock .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=14035,DATABASE=12015729,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-01|website=ww3.rediscov.com}}</ref>
* [[Model 1822 Musket|Springfield Model 1822]] – .69 caliber flintlock smoothbore musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1816 Type II Springfield Armory Flintlock .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=14035,DATABASE=12015729,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record}}</ref>
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* [[Springfield Model 1835]] – .69 caliber flintlock smoothbore musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1816 Type III Springfield Armory Flintlock .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=13299,DATABASE=43634754,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=ww3.rediscov.com}}</ref>
* [[Springfield Model 1835]] – .69 caliber flintlock smoothbore musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1816 Type III Springfield Armory Flintlock .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=13299,DATABASE=43634754,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record}}</ref>
* [[Springfield Model 1840 Flintlock Musket|Springfield Model 1840]] – .69 caliber flintlock smoothbore musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1840 Springfield Armory Flintlock .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=14043,DATABASE=43810405,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=ww3.rediscov.com}}</ref>
* [[Springfield Model 1840 Flintlock Musket|Springfield Model 1840]] – .69 caliber flintlock smoothbore musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1840 Springfield Armory Flintlock .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=14043,DATABASE=43810405,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record}}</ref>
* [[Springfield Model 1842]] – .69 caliber [[percussion lock]] smoothbore musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1842 Percussion .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=9766,DATABASE=44243785,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=ww3.rediscov.com}}</ref>
* [[Springfield Model 1842]] – .69 caliber [[percussion lock]] smoothbore musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1842 Percussion .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=9766,DATABASE=44243785,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record}}</ref>
* [[Springfield Model 1847]] – .69 caliber percussion lock smoothbore musketoon.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musketoon - U.S. Musketoon Model 1847 Cavalry .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=10550,DATABASE=43280654,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=ww3.rediscov.com}}</ref>
* [[Springfield Model 1847]] – .69 caliber percussion lock smoothbore [[musketoon]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Musketoon - U.S. Musketoon Model 1847 Cavalry .69|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=10550,DATABASE=43280654,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record}}</ref>


'''Rifled musket:'''
'''Rifled musket:'''


* [[Springfield Model 1855]] – .58 caliber [[Maynard tape primer]] percussion lock rifled musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rifle/Musket - U.S. Rifle-Musket Model 1855 Type I Percussion .58|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=13071,DATABASE=40399386,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=ww3.rediscov.com}}</ref>
* [[Springfield Model 1855]] – .58 caliber [[Maynard tape primer]]/percussion lock rifled musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rifle/Musket - U.S. Rifle-Musket Model 1855 Type I Percussion .58|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=13071,DATABASE=40399386,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record}}</ref>
* [[Springfield Model 1861]] – .58 caliber percussion lock rifled musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rifle/Musket - U.S. Rifle-Musket Model 1861 Percussion .58|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=9145,DATABASE=40399386,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=ww3.rediscov.com}}</ref>
* [[Springfield Model 1861]] – .58 caliber percussion lock rifled musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rifle/Musket - U.S. Rifle-Musket Model 1861 Percussion .58|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=9145,DATABASE=40399386,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record}}</ref>
* [[Springfield Model 1863]] – .58 caliber percussion lock rifled musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rifle/Musket - U.S. Rifle-Musket Model 1863 Type I Percussion .58|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=9599,DATABASE=44074533,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=ww3.rediscov.com}}</ref>
* [[Springfield Model 1863]] – .58 caliber percussion lock rifled musket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rifle/Musket - U.S. Rifle-Musket Model 1863 Type I Percussion .58|url=http://ww3.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=9599,DATABASE=44074533,|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 21:53, 2 October 2021

Springfield Model 1816 musket

Springfield musket may refer to any one of several types of small arms produced by the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the United States armed forces. In modern times, these muskets are commonly referred to by their date of design followed by the name Springfield ("1855 Springfield", for example). However, U.S. Ordnance Department documentation at the time did not use "Springfield" in the name ("Rifle Musket, Model 1855", for example).[1]

They are sometimes incorrectly referred to as "Springfield rifles". Rifles have grooves on the inside of their barrels. Smoothbore muskets do not. The term "Rifled musket" originally referred to smoothbore muskets that later had their barrels rifled for Intended use of the Minié ball. This term was extended to include weapons that were produced with rifled barrels, as long as the overall design was very similar to the original smoothbore musket.[2]

Smoothbore muskets:

Rifled musket:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Arms and Equipment of the Civil War" by Jack Coggins, Published by Courier Dover Publications, 2004
  2. ^ "Civil War Weapons and Equipment" by Russ A. Pritchard, Jr., Russ A. Pritchard Jr. Published by Globe Pequot, 2003
  3. ^ "Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1795 Type I Springfield Armory Flintlock .69". Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record. Retrieved 2021-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1812 Springfield Armory Flintlock .69". Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record. Retrieved 2021-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1816 Type I Springfield Armory Flintlock .69". Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record. Retrieved 2021-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1816 Type II Springfield Armory Flintlock .69". Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record. Retrieved 2021-07-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1816 Type III Springfield Armory Flintlock .69". Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record. Retrieved 2021-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1840 Springfield Armory Flintlock .69". Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record. Retrieved 2021-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Musket - U.S. Musket Model 1842 Percussion .69". Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record. Retrieved 2021-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Musketoon - U.S. Musketoon Model 1847 Cavalry .69". Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record. Retrieved 2021-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Rifle/Musket - U.S. Rifle-Musket Model 1855 Type I Percussion .58". Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record. Retrieved 2021-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "Rifle/Musket - U.S. Rifle-Musket Model 1861 Percussion .58". Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record. Retrieved 2021-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Rifle/Musket - U.S. Rifle-Musket Model 1863 Type I Percussion .58". Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record. Retrieved 2021-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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