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Re: 22nd Alabama Infantry's Enfield rifles

The statement that the Enfield rifles on hand for this regiment were equipped with sword bayonets indicate that they were the Pattern 1858 Enfield, a shorter two banded rifle as oppsed to the longer and more numerous three band Pattern 1853 as only spike bayonets were used with them and only sword bayonets were used with the shorter P-58 model. The bayonets could NOT be interchanged.

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Re: 22nd Alabama Infantry's Enfield rifles
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