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Spencer Repeating Rifle used by Abraham Lincoln
Object Details
- 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
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- ca 1862
- ID Number
- AF.297603.3
- accession number
- 297603
- catalog number
- 297603.3
- serial number
- 9753
- associated person
- Lincoln, Abraham
- maker
- Spencer Repeating Arms Company
- 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
- Subject
- Firearms
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_1199105
- Usage
- CC0
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