Under the Federal ordnance regulations during the Civil War, regiments were required to report their holdings of arms on a quarterly basis. The U.S. National Archives has microfilmed these quarterly ordnance reports. Most units are covered by the 1st - 2nd quarter of 1862, although not all. For some quarters, not all companies of a regiment were reported, and for some quarters there is no regimental record. The reports are somewhat general. For example, a unit might report that they were equipped with Austrian rifles in .54 caliber with block and leaf sights. These would be Muster 1854 Austrian Type I (block sights) and Type II (leaf sights) rifles. From the report, you would not know the numbers of each type. Springfield model years are not necessarily reported. Most units in the west, and some in the east, were equipped with mixes of weapons, including mixes of calibers. It will take some searching in the reports to find what you are looking for. Good luck.

Regards,
Don Dixon
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