and used to produce Special Model of 1861 Rifle Muskets at either Colt, LG&Y or Amoskeag. So, the grand irony is that while the Virginia Model Musket never made it into production in the Confederacy, the Yankee rifle musket it most likely inspired was made by the many tens of thousands by three different Northern manufacturers to arm the Union. That is quite a legacy for a Southern design!”
Craig L Barry was Charlottesville, Va. He holds his BA and Masters degrees from the University of North Carolina (Charlotte). Craig served
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Watchdog Civil War Quarterly as Associate Editor and Editor from 2003-2017. The Watchdog published books and columns on 19th-century material and donated all funds from publications to battlefield preservation.
He is the author of several books including The Civil War Musket: A Handbook for Historical Accuracy (2006, Fight: Essays on Confederate Material Culture Vol. I and II (2012, 2013) and three books (soon to be four) in the Suppliers to the Confederacy series on English Arms & Accoutrements, Quartermaster stores and other European imports.