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Re: 1st Arkansas Weaponry at Shiloh

Most likely armed with the 1841 Mississippi Rifle (54 cal)

Some had been rebored for the standard 58 cal, and retooled for a bayonet lug, but lots of them still existed in their original 54 cal form and continued to be used as such.

Frederick

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