I recently got a 1864 Model 5 Burnside with an unusual engraving in the stock.
Anyone have any idea as to what it means?
I recently got a 1864 Model 5 Burnside with an unusual engraving in the stock.
Anyone have any idea as to what it means?
"It is well that war is so terrible lest we should grow too fond of it." Gen. R.E. Lee CSA
G-Grandfather 2nd Lt Charles A. Miller, Company G, 42nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
G-G Grandfather Sgt David A. Ray, Enlisted: Company D, North Carolina 30th Infantry Regiment on 10 Aug 1861, Mustered Out: 9 April 1865
G-Grandfather Pvt R A Harding, Enlisted in Company K, New Hampshire 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment on 17 Sep 1864, Mustered out on 15 Jun 1865 in Washington, DC
In my opinion, there is a possibility it could be a "Brand" from something like an old Western Cattle Ranch.
And what's that spiral blue stripe all about?
Gary Van Kauwenbergh
Co G, 114th ILL Vol Inf
# 10143
"Alle Kunst ist umsonst Wenn ein Engel in das Zündloch prunst."
(In vain the skill and arts of man, When an angel pisses the priming pan.)
Field Marshal Gebhard L. von Blücher
"It is well that war is so terrible lest we should grow too fond of it." Gen. R.E. Lee CSA
G-Grandfather 2nd Lt Charles A. Miller, Company G, 42nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
G-G Grandfather Sgt David A. Ray, Enlisted: Company D, North Carolina 30th Infantry Regiment on 10 Aug 1861, Mustered Out: 9 April 1865
G-Grandfather Pvt R A Harding, Enlisted in Company K, New Hampshire 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment on 17 Sep 1864, Mustered out on 15 Jun 1865 in Washington, DC
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