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THE .58 PERCUSSION RICHMOND ARMORY CONFEDERATE M1855 RIFLED MUSKET CARRIED BY J.W. COOL OF THE 10TH VIRGINIA AT CHANCELLORSVILLE,
dated for 1862, with round 'in the white' 40in. barrel, block and blade fore-sight, twin leaf back-sight with standing notch (correct 'T' cut-out beneath sight), inspector's marks at breech, solid top-tang with rounded tip, nipple boss with screwed plug, flat early production 'high-hump' lockplate with bevel edge and signed 'C.S.' over 'RICHMOND V.A.' on the bar, 'C' shaped hammer and dated to the tail, walnut full-stock, inscription to right face of butt with historic shrapnel gouge (see below), iron furniture, three barrel-bands, iron swivels and cup-ended iron ramrod
Provenance: Private Jacob Cool of the 10th Virginia Infantry carried this musket as per the inscription on the butt, "J W Cool 10 VA". Sadly, Private Cool was killed by shellfire on May 3rd 1863 at the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia. A large shrapnel gouge in the right side of the butt may well be from the same shellburst that took his life
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Estimate £7,000-10,000