These firearms were manufactured by Springfield Armory and Harpers Ferry Armory. These were copies of the French Charleville muskets, and they were primarily used by U.S. forces. During the late 18th ...
Col. ASHBY, with 200 of his troop, came down into Harper's Ferry a day or two since, and tried to induce the few "Armory hands" left to go to Richmond to work. These Armory hands have been treated ...