Original U.S. Civil War Scarce J. Henry & Son Pennsylvania Home Guard Percussion "Saber Rifle" with Unit Marking - 1 of 70 Manufactured Sept. 1861 - March 1862 Japanese Documents and Books and has a long deep

and has a long deep fuller down the middle of each side

Hand-thrown harpoons merely attached a rope to the whale to stop it from escaping

There are some additional markings as well

This is a rare official AFRIKA marked Afrika Ärmelband (Africa Cuff Title) with palms and silver piping

This example however has no major cracks

Original U.S. Civil War Scarce J. Henry & Son Pennsylvania Home Guard Percussion "Saber Rifle" with Unit Marking - 1 of 70 Manufactured Sept. 1861 - March 1862 Japanese Documents and Books and has a long deepOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely patinated example of an extremely scarce Civil War rifle musket, the first that we have been able to offer in many years of business. The J. Henry & Son firm has a history dating back to before the French & Indian war, when William Henry started making firearms in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for British Colonial forces. He even took the field himself as an armorer during the campaign to recapture Fort