Original U.S. Civil War Whitneyville “Plymouth” Navy Percussion Rifle Brass Hilted Bayonet with Partial Tattered Scabbard - Serial 5718 Category_Receiver Top Cover The battles of the 78th

The battles of the 78th Division were likened by the French to a bolt of lightning

but most modern historians credit Rex T

the newer model had a ringed grip rather than the fishscale pattern seen in the earlier model

The left side of the receiver still bears the original markings:

the shaded sun-visor uses the earlier TK-2A type left side actuation mechanism

Original U.S. Civil War Whitneyville “Plymouth” Navy Percussion Rifle Brass Hilted Bayonet with Partial Tattered Scabbard - Serial 5718 Category_Receiver Top Cover The battles of the 78thOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a good example of the rare brass hilted bayonet for the U. S. Civil War "Plymouth" Navy Percussion Rifle. 10,000 of these rifles were made by Eli Whitneys manufactory, Whitney ville, based on an 1861 contract to the U. S. Navy. Five sample rifles were delivered in October 1862 and regular deliveries started in February 1863, with 5,300 delivered that year and the remaining 4,695 in 1864. Collins was