One of a thousand contract rifles supplied by St. Louis gunmaker and retailer Horace E. Dimick to Birge's Western Sharpshooters--later the Western Sharpshooters, 14th Missouri Infantry, and then later redesignated the 66th Illinois Infantry--during the Civil War. This rifle was issued to Corporal Francis M. Jones, who enlisted with Company D at Columbia, Michigan. Title: Dimick contract rifle of Corp. Francis M. Jones, Birge's Western Sharpshooters . 1861. Horace E. Dimick (?)

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