RM1623 Trenton, New Jersey Contract m1861 – stamped NJ – and dated 1863. This example of the model 1861 .58 caliber Springfield type rifle musket was contracted to the U.S. Government by James T. Hodge & Addison M. Burt of the Trenton Locomotive and Machine Company, Trenton, New Jersey. The Trenton contract was received on December 26, 1861, for 50,000 rifles, but only delivered 11,500 in 1863. Their full production only numbered approximately 22,000.
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