Sharps Rifle
Sharps Rifle
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- Description
- Physical Description
- United States Sharps rifle Model 1859,.52 caliber.
- Specific History
- This type of rifle was carried by the 5th New York Zouaves.
- General History
- The 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, "Duryée's Zouaves," was one of the most renowned fighting regiments of the American Civil War. Their colorful Zouave uniforms were based on those of the elite Zouave battalion of the French Army, whose dashing appearance matched its fighting abilities. Their precise maneuvers, effectiveness in combat, and steady bearing under fire won them universal respect and recognition. "I doubt whether it had an equal," General George Sykes said of the 5th New York, "and certainly no superior among all the regiments of the Army of the Potomac." Many observers considered the 5th New York to be the best-drilled volunteer unit in the federal army.
- Object Name
- rifle
- Other Terms
- rifle; Firearms; Disc Prime;.52 In; Rifled; 14; 03
- licensee
- Sharps, C.
- maker
- Sharps
- Place Made
- United States
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 in x 47 in x 2 in; 17.78 cm x 119.38 cm x 5.08 cm
- ID Number
- AF.10533
- catalog number
- 10533
- accession number
- 45676
- Credit Line
- Louise Walcott Knowlton Browne
- subject
- Firearms
- Civil War
- Civil War and Reconstruction
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- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
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- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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