Davis, who served as Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce, also authorized the production of the .58 Caliber Musket, or Springfield Model 1861, the first rifled weapon to be produced ...

Civil War Nov. 1861: The 27th Massachusetts was Springfield's second ... an experimental testing a rifled cannon that could shoot twice the payload, much further than the old smooth-bore ...

Springfield Armory Description (Brief) The Model 1861 Rifle Musket was the standard issue infantry arm used throughout the Civil War. A soldier attached an infantry cap badge to the stock of this ...

The Model 1863 Springfield Rifle Musket is the subject of this "I Have This Old Gun" segment ... the U.S. government was creating its rifle musket the Model 1855 and then later the Model 1861.