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P1853 and P1856 rifles. The contract's stiff penalty clause for missing the production schedule caused R&L to go bankrupt in 1859. Lamon, Goodnow and Yale (LG&Y) bought the factory to make sewing machines, but the onset of the war led them to continue producing the P1853, P1856, and licensed Sharps 1859s for the duration of the war. As with many of these volunteer battalion regiments, the 5th were issued a mix of imported and
Robbins and Lawrence produced Pattern 1856 Enfield short rifle. These were the standard rifles for the British army Sergeants in line battalions and the rifle regiments.
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Some of these rifles had been manufactured by contract in
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muzzle-loading rifle that like all other nominal .577 caliber weapons could fire U.S. government issued .58 paper cartridges. It was used by both armies and was the second most widely used
Enfield in the Union forces.
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Newport City until the siege of and assault on Fort Macon, in which it was active, after which it went into camp at Bogue banks and later at Beaufort, SC.
690:. Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society's Personal Narratives of the War of Rebellion. Vol. III. Providence, RI: N.B. Williams & Co. p. 32.
653:. Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society's Personal Narratives of the War of Rebellion. Vol. II. Providence, RI: N.B. Williams & Co. p. 50.
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The official list of battles in which the regiment bore a part:
960:"Fine & Scarce Windsor Enfield By Robbins & Lawrence"
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357:Foster's Expedition to Goldsboro December 11–20.
326:Operations against Fort Macon March 19-April 26.
937:American Society of Arms Collectors Bulletin 35
647:A Country Boy's First Three Months in The Army
393:Duty in the defenses of New Berne until July.
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224:, Department of North Carolina, to May 1863.
875:: Federal Publishing Company. p. 248.
317:Expedition up Currituck Sound February 19.
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716:A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
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348:Expedition to Tarboro November 2–12.
311:Battle of Roanoke Island February 9.
241:Burnside's North Carolina Expedition
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862:Federal Publishing Company (1908).
287:Arrive at Annapolis, MD December 27
146:5th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
132:7th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
127:4th Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
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387:Duty at New Berne until May 1863.
320:Advance to New Berne March 11–13.
314:At Roanoke Island until March 11.
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251:Battle of New Berne
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