WMdBlkSmth
04-10-2011, 10:03 AM
I have a SN&WTC ( for Mass) rifle-musket with 1863 lock and barrel dates. The tang of the butt plate, in addition to U.S., is stamped with the number 32. I would appreciate any speculation as to whether the 32 is a rack number or maybe a unit number. It would be interesting if it served with the 32nd Mass in 63 and later; that unit was in the thick of things.
The weapon is NOT stamped with the IC typical of so many SN&WTC; suggests it maybe didn't make it back to Mass to be "inspected/condemed after the war and sold off.
Thanks in advance for any info
A.
The weapon is NOT stamped with the IC typical of so many SN&WTC; suggests it maybe didn't make it back to Mass to be "inspected/condemed after the war and sold off.
Thanks in advance for any info
A.