British Musket
This British musket was made following a pattern developed in 1756 and is marked to the 4th Regiment of Foot, also known as the “King’s Own.” Most British infantrymen carried muskets like this one at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. This musket’s provenance, or history of ownership, suggests that an American soldier captured it from the “King’s Own” regiment at the Battle of Germantown, near Philadelphia, on October 4, 1777.
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Pattern 1756 Long Land Musket
England
1756-1768
Iron, Steel, Brass, Wood (walnut)
2003.00.0214
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