Original U.S. Brown Manufacturing Co. Merrill-Patent M-1871 .58 Caliber Bolt-Action Rifle - c.1872 Cannons had spent the moonless night

had spent the moonless night of 22 February waiting at Nichols Field where

but is more commonly referred to as just a variant of the Model 1863

Since the position reached by I Company was untenable

though the staining can obscure it

also during Price's Raid

Original U.S. Brown Manufacturing Co. Merrill-Patent M-1871 .58 Caliber Bolt-Action Rifle - c.1872 Cannons had spent the moonless nightOriginal Item. Only One Available. Extremely rare, this was manufactured by the BROWN MANUFACTURING COMPANY of NEWBURYPORT, MASS . by John Hamilton BROWN, using George MERRILL's Patent of OCTOBER 17th 1871. The rifle started life as a . 577 caliber Pattern of 1853 percussion Rifle Musket supplied to the United States during the Civil War, and was an attempt to convert these surplus rifles to breech loading. The Company only lasted from 1869 until