Confederate Lorenz musket, 1862
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Mjr. Sidney Warren Thaxter of the 1st Maine Cavalry collected this rifle-bore Confederate Lorenz musket and gave it to the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U.S., a veterans' organization. These imported rifled muskets were commonly used during the war.
Lorenz muskets were made in Austria and imported.
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