The Springfield Model 1861 was a Minié-type rifled musket shoulder-arm used by the United States Army and Marine Corps during the American Civil War. Commonly referred to as the Springfield (after its original place of production Springfield Massachusetts) it was the most widely used U.S. Army weapon during the Civil War favored for its range accuracy and reliability.
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