Original U.S. Civil War Identified Confederate 1842 Model Harpers Ferry Percussion Short Musket Named to Pvt. John Hot of 39th Georgia Infantry Company G Snider Rifles & Bayonets - PFC Robert Simanek: Robert

- PFC Robert Simanek: Robert Ernest Simanek is a retired United States Marine and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration

The knife features a cast zinc handle with the USMC scroll and Camillus maker's markings etched on the blade

the USO was an organization which oversaw and provided recreation and aid services for the men and women of the United States Armed Forces

The original celluloid plastic covering is present

which has a "worm" clearing device on the other end

Original U.S. Civil War Identified Confederate 1842 Model Harpers Ferry Percussion Short Musket Named to Pvt. John Hot of 39th Georgia Infantry Company G Snider Rifles & Bayonets - PFC Robert Simanek: RobertOriginal item: One Only. This musket is identified to a Confederate Soldier Pvt. John Hot of the 39th Georgia Infantry Co. G. This unit was ordered to Tennessee, then Mississippi where it was Brigade under T. H. Taylor in the department of Mississippi and east Louisiana. After fighting at Champion Hill, most of the unit, including Private John Hot, was captured at Vicksburg on July 4th, 1863 and exchanged and assigned to General Cummings Brigade, the