Rare Winchester Model 1866 Musket used at the Battle of Liberty Place (also known as the battle of Canal Street) in New Orleans, a defining event in the post-Civil War Reconstruction period.
S/N 33351, .44 rimfire caliber, 27 inch barrel, Winchester Model 1866 Musket. Blue barrel, tube, hammer and barrel bands, brass frame, military style walnut stock and forearm, 3 barrel bands, early style barrel sight, sling swivels. Stock and butt plate number correctly, bottom tang marked “LSM” for Louisiana State Militia (known as the Metropolitans), also on bottom tang “9C3”, rack number for the rifle, “BA” carved on right side of stock. Condition: far better than these muskets are usually found, excellent bright bore with some oxidation in grooves, 80% barrel blue thinning and going to plum, smooth mustard colored receiver, wood is excellent and believed to have been refinished long ago, excellent mechanically, excellent marks.
Includes a copy of the book, "The Battle of Liberty Place," by Stuart Omer Landry.
Lot 344, Sold $32,450.
Brian Lebel's Mesa Old West Auction - January 23, 2021. Mesa, AZ.