The Springfield Model 1861 was a Minié-type rifled musket used by the United States Army during the American Civil War. Commonly referred to as the "Springfield", it was the most widely used Union Arm

A rifled musket, rifle musket, or rifle-musket is a type of firearm made mid-19th century. Originally the term referred only to muskets that had been produced as a smoothbore weapon and later had thei