Spencer Repeating Rifle used by Abraham Lincoln

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Spencer Repeating Rifle used by Lincoln
Spencer Repeating Rifle used by Lincoln

Object Details

associated person

Lincoln, Abraham

maker

Spencer Repeating Arms Company

Description (Brief)

The Spencer repeating rifle took a magazine in the stock holding seven metallic cartridges. The trigger guard was a lever that loaded cartridges and ejected spent shells. This particular rifle was used by Abraham Lincoln for target practice at the White House. The rifle was borrowed from the Navy Department and was fired in the "White Lot."

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1862

ID Number

AF.297603.3

accession number

297603

catalog number

297603.3

serial number

9753

Object Name

rifle

Measurements

overall: 47 1/4 in; 120.015 cm

place made

United States

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Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military

Civil War

Military

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Firearms

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