They were the guns that won the Civil War and the American West, and Thursday afternoon their modern-day replicas got a workout ... how to fire a Civil War musket, which involved several steps ...
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Living history: Bayonet that doubles as a candleholder, canteen that's a frying pan, tooTo make his performance memorable from a historic point of view Cauvel brought a replica of an1861 rifle musket. Such muskets were produced in Springfield, Massachusetts, during the Civil War.
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