This original German longarm is a .72 caliber, Potsdam Model 1809 smoothbore, single-shot muzzleloader in relic condition.  The verbal provenance with this item is that it was carried by private William Arrants, Co. E, 2^nd South Carolina Infantry.  Arrants put the musket in his barn where it remained until it was recovered in 1958; and it looks like a real “barn find.”

Musket measures a total length of about 56” with a 41¼” long barrel and is a conversion from flint to percussion.  All gun metal is covered completely with moderate surface rust.  Lockplate has a curved tail that terminates into a small teat that differentiates it from the later 1839 model.  No markings are visible anywhere on the gun.  Rear sight is mounted on breech tang.  Barrel is secured to the stock via three brass bands retained by springs. Upper band is double-strapped.  Brass trigger guard has its brass swivel as does the center band.  All brass wears a very dark, relic-like patina. Finials of the trigger guard terminate in distinct three-pointed ends.  There is no butt plate as the black walnut stock has rotted away on the butt end where it obviously sat on the ground for many years.  Remaining wood is dark and uncleaned but remains very solid.  Tapered ramrod is original and bears threaded appendage hole in the end.

William T. Arrants enlisted on April 9, 1861 and served in Company E, 2^nd South Carolina Infantry throughout the war. The 2^nd SC participated in most of the well-known battles and campaigns of the war.

Comes with full veteran’s records.  An interesting “relic” recovered out of a South Carolina soldier’s barn.  [jet]

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