Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M-1861 Converted to Miller Patent Breechloading Rifle - dated 1864 Antique Winchesters building bridges as they went

building bridges as they went

which may have been where it was tacked up at one point

Which is a coat of arms with lions and the latin phrase ALERE FLAMMAM (to feed the flame) beneath in a scroll

It would also most likely take the later

and spacer are all marked with western number 47

Original U.S. Civil War Springfield M-1861 Converted to Miller Patent Breechloading Rifle - dated 1864 Antique Winchesters building bridges as they wentOriginal Item: One Only. This is really a Peach! This rifle started out as a Civil War Model 1861 Springfield Rifle Musket, dated 1864, made by PARKERS ' SNOW & CO. MERIDEN, CONN, as listed on the lock plate. There is also the "Spread Eagle" over U. S. marking, indicating military production. Commonly referred to as the "Springfield" (after its original place of design and production, Springfield, Massachusetts), it was the most widely used U. S. Army