Bayonet, Knife

Object/Artifact

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Carbon County Museum

Name/Title

Bayonet, Knife

Entry/Object ID

1969.525.0005

Description

Used on a powder gun has three marks engraved into it. One is a star, another is a W, the other unknown. No case. Update 2013: silver colored metal Update 2023: socket bayonet manufactured in Austria for the Model 1854 Lorenz Infantry rifle, which was imported by both Union and Confederate armies. More of the rifles were issued to Western Union forced than troops in the Potomac.

Collection

Permanent Collection