Springfield Model 1842

Springfield Model 1840 flintlock musket - .69 Smoothbore. The predecessor of Model 1842. Many of M1840s were converted to percussion lock.

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Springfield Model 1842 - .69 Smoothbore

Springfield Model 1847 Sapper's Musketoon - .69 Smoothbore

The US Springfield Model 1842 Musket was a .69 caliber percussion lock musket manufactured and used in the United States during the 19th Century. It is a continuation of the Model 1816 line of muskets but is generally referred to as its own model number rather than just a variant of the Model 1816. It was the most common weapon used in the Mexican-American War and the first year of the American Civil War. Standard musket had an overall length of 58 inches and barrel length of 42 inches.

A shorter musketoon version M1847 also existed. M1842/1847 were the last smoothbore muskets of the US Army, being replaced with Springfield M1855/1861 .58 caliber rifled muskets.

The Springfield Model 1842 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Joe Kidd			on the table of broken guns	1972
Vigilante Force		"Green Mountain Boys"	Supposedly M1842	1976
Slave Coast (Cobra Verde)		Dahomey Army soldiers		1987
Glory		Confederate and Union soldiers	M1842	1989
Gettysburg		US and Confederate soldiers	M1842	1993
Ravenous	Jeremy Davies	Private Toffler	M1842	1999
	Guy Pearce	Captain Boyd	M1847
Anna and the King	Chow Yun-Fat	King Mongkut	M1847	1999
		King Mongkut's soldiers	M1847
When the Last Sword Is Drawn	Kiichi Nakai	Yoshimura Kanichiro	M1842	2002
	Kôichi Satô	Hajime Saitô	M1842
		Shinsengumi samurai	M1842
Gangs of New York		Irish Conscript	M1842	2002
Gods and Generals		Union and Confederate soldiers	M1842	2003
Lincoln		Confederate soldiers	M1842	2012

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
North and South: Book II		Union soldiers	Model 1842	1986
The Sopranos			Seen on the wall of a bar; "College" (S01E05)	1999
1864		Danish and Prussian soldiers	M1842	2014
1883		Union Army soldiers	M1842	2021

Anime

Film Title	Character	Note	Date
Ghost Slayers Ayashi	Buddhist monk		2006-2007