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CSA Fayetteville Armory Percussion Rifle Musket
Parts captured at Harpers Ferry Armory were used in the production of these two-band rifles. SN NONE
C.S./Fayetteville Model 1862 Percussion Rifle (single-shot/
muzzle-loading/ black powder/ ball ammunition)
As the Civil War began, the industrialized North could produce
large quantities of arms, but the agrarian South could not. The
South, realizing this, searched after quality arms wherever they
could be found. In this search, Southern agents went to England
with money to buy. Other Southerners used rifle-making machinery
and parts that had been taken from the captured U.S. Armory at
Harpers Ferry, Virginia, and established Confederate armories in
other locations, including Fayetteville, North Carolina. This .58
caliber rifle is one of those that was manufactured there. These
arms provided greater accuracy than muskets, and had a longer
effective range.
- Dr. William L. Roberts, THE AMERICAN LIBERTY COLLECTION; #74