1891 US Springfield M1888 Trapdoor Rifle

[Ringel05]

Very nice! .45-70 I presume? Black powder? Isn't this the gun troops used with General Custer?

No, The Battle of the Little Big Horn took place June 21, 1876. They used the first Springfield 1873 trapdoor carbines, his is the 1888 version.

Of course John Wayne's Cavalry used them in the Horse Soldiers............

 

[jotathought]

No, The Battle of the Little Big Horn took place June 21, 1876. They used the first Springfield 1873 trapdoor carbines, his is the 1888 version.

Of course John Wayne's Cavalry used them in the Horse Soldiers............

Same caliber, different revision. Thanks for the update, I wasn't sure about this.

 

[1srelluc]

Same caliber, different revision. Thanks for the update, I wasn't sure about this.

9th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment in camp with stacked M1888 rod-bayonet

9th Regiment Infantry New York Volunteers Spanish-American War :: New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center

museum.dmna.ny.gov

Though the unit never saw action in the Spanish-American War it's interesting to see their training as a example of getting former Civil War antagonists training together.....There were still a lot of animosity between the North and South even at that late date....Indeed some of the general officers were CW participants.
Some Confederate notables:

Butler, Matthew Calbraith
*Pre-war South Carolina legislator.
*Hampton's Legion: Captain, June 12, 1861; Major, July 21, 1861.
*2nd South Carolina Cavalry: Colonel, August 22, 1862.
*Lost right foot at Brandy Station.
*Major General U.S. Volunteers, 1898 through April 15, 1899, Spanish-American War.

Lee, Fitzhugh
*USMA, 1856. *Wounded fighting Indians on the frontier, May 13, 1859. *Nephew of Samuel Cooper and Robert E. Lee.
*Resigned as 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army, May 21, 1861. *Assistant Adjutant General, July 30, 1861–August 1861.
*Staff of Joseph E. Johnston at First Bull Run. *1st Virginia Cavalry, Lt. Colonel, August 1861, Colonel, March 1862.
*After Wade Hampton ordered to North Carolina in January 1865, Lee commanded rest of Cavalry Corps of Army of Northern Virginia.
*Wounded twice. *U.S. Consul General to Havana, Cuba, 1896–1898.
*Major General of U.S. Volunteers in the Spanish-American War. *Retired as Brigadier General, U.S. Army, 1901.

Rosser, Thomas L
*USMA, resigned two weeks before graduation in 1861 *1st Lieutenant, ACSA, Artillery, March 16, 1861.
*CSA Artillery, Captain, September 17, 1861, Lt. Colonel, June 10, 1862. *Wounded at Mechanicsville. *5th Virginia Cavalry, Colonel, June 24, 1862.
*Wounded at Kelly's Ford. *Wounded five more times. *Command of Laurel Brigade. *In October 1864 assumed command of Early's cavalry.
*Defeated at Woodstock and Cedar Creek. *Two raids into West Virginia, then returned to Siege of Petersburg. *Battle of Five Forks.
*Refused to surrender at Appomattox Court House but was captured and paroled in May 1865.
*On June 10, 1898, appointed brigadier general of U.S. Volunteers for the Spanish-American War. *Mustered out October 31, 1898.

Wheeler, Joseph
"Little Joe", "Fightin' Joe"

rank, nom: October 30, 1862
conf: April 22, 1863
Major General
rank: January 20, 1863
nom: January 23, 1863
conf: February 4, 1864 *USMA, 1859. *Resigned as 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Army, April 22, 1861. *1st Lieutenant of artillery.
*19th Alabama Infantry: Colonel, September 4, 1861. *Fought at Shiloh.
*Chief of cavalry of the Army of Mississippi, July 13, 1862, and the Army of Tennessee.
*Initial brigade command, September 14, 1862. *Wounded three times.
*In Carolinas Campaign; succeeded by Wade Hampton III as command became increasingly undisciplined.
*U.S. Congressman, 1882–1900. *Major general of U.S. Volunteers in the Spanish-American War.
*Retired as brigadier general in the U.S. Army. *One of two Confederate generals buried at Arlington National Cemetery.