The Springfield M1861 rifle musket was the primary Civil War shoulder arm. Fixed blade front sight/ bayonet lug and folding rear sight on a barrel marked with "V / P/ eagle head" proofs on the upper left side. The lock plate is dated 1865 with "U.S. / SPRINGFIELD" and an eagle with shield ahead of the hammer. The barrel bands are marked "U". Black walnut, oil-finished stock and smooth military buttplate marked "U.S." on the tang. The left stock flat is marked with a "HS" cartouche. With a tulip head type ramrod with swelled shank. There is no visible date on the barrel tang.