- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Designed by
- Lorenz, Joseph, Austrian
- Subject of
- Root, Elias, American, 1806 - 1880
- 110th New York Volunteer Infantry, American, 1862 - 1865
- Date
- 1854
- Medium
- beech, walnut, brass (alloy) and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 44 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (113 × 16.5 × 3.8 cm)
- Description
- An Austrian Model 1854 .54 caliber Lorenz rifle constructed of primarily of a beech stock; steel barrel, breech ramrod; and brass butt plate and other fittings. The oxidized barrel features a front sight, stored ramrod, barrel bands, and shorted front stock. The proper left lock plate is missing. There are various markings throughout; the largest engraving was added post-manufacture and constitutes the entire proper right stock: [CAPTURED AT PORT HUDSON LA. / JUNE 13, 1863 / PRESENTED TO HON. ELIAS ROOT / BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF / 110 N.Y.V. Co I]. The proper right lock plate, parallel to the hammer, shows an engraving “860”. A “26” is painted in a square on the proper left of the stock. There is a long split in the stock’s wood from the butt, and areas of wood replacement closest to the butt, where an oxidized plate features the engraving of “C S” below a stock screw. An off-white auction tag identifying the rifle and lot number, is tied by string to the trigger guard.
- Place used
- Port Hudson, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Weapons and Ammunition
- Type
- rifles (long guns)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2018.116.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




