President Lincoln Tests the Spencer Repeating Rifle
New for October 2026
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10m
Behind this 1863 photograph of a section of board with seven bullet holes in it, part of the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is the story of President Abraham Lincoln testing a lethal new firearm, the Spencer Repeating Rifle.
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