MODEL 1777 CHARLEVILLE MUSKET The Charleville infantry musket 1777 issue in Stafford Springs, CT

The Charleville infantry musket 1777 issue, was used in the American revolutionary, Whiskey Rebellion and War of 1812, Produced at the Charleville factory in France, Benjamin Franklin helped the American Patriots with his indulgent influence and close ties to the France for war provisions and badly needed quality military guns to fight the mighty British Empire, This gun was issued in 1777 during the turning point of the war for the Americans, "Battle of Saratoga"1777 New York.This was the battle that turned the tides the other way to the American patriots, This particular weapon was , most likely delivered to Southern Revolutionary Soldiers as part of the Lafayette delivery, Converted to percussion by a southern Armory for the Confederate Army when their weaons started to become scarce, It has the typical late Confederate extended "wooden butt-plate", (steel was scarce), Attic found in Cranston, RI, Probable Union Army War Souvenir, $1750 cash, +5% for CC. ([removed phone] Stafford Spring, CTListing originally posted at http