H&P Type I Alteration of a US Model 1816 Type II Musket by Wickham

American Civil War

.69 caliber. 42" rifled round barrel secured by three flat, spring retained bands. NSN. Bright finish, smooth walnut stock. Single shot muzzleloading percussion altered US military musket. Lock marked with a US/WICKHAM forward of the hammer and in two vertical lines at the tail: PHILA/1828. Hewes & Phillips added patent breech plug tang dated 1861 with H&P on top of breech. Counterpane with one weak script cartouche that appears to be the LS of Luther Sage. Altered to percussion by the firm of Hewes & Phillips of Newark, NJ and additionally modified by rifling the bore and adding an inverted US 1858 pattern 3-leaf rear sight at the breech. Approximately 8,000 guns were so altered with patent breeches, rifled bores and long range rear sights, primarily for the state of New Jersey. This gun has the NJ New Jersey ownership marking on the left barrel flat. Musket retains both original sling swivels, the H&P added tall iron front sight on the upper band, the small socket bayonet mounting lug on the top of the barrel near the muzzle and a full-length original button head ramrod with good threads at the end that has the head correctly dished for use with elongated ball ammunition. {ANTIQUE}

From the Lifetime Collection of Robert G. Paulsen

This lot is located in Cincinnati.