it is a muzzleloader compared to a breech loader that we saw with the tarpley piece. what we know about this piece is the soldier who used this piece. as you can see, at the bottom of the stock here, there's a plaque that was added after the civil war, which says, solomon hays, company g, north carolina infantry. this general and was a farmer from south carolina who enlisted in the confederacy in 1962 and was discharged at the age of 59. here's an example of where we know who the rifle was used by and then stay in the family and was descended and eventually acquired by dr. murphy. the last piece i selected to talk about is another rifle. this one is made by h.c. lamb. the family is one of the gunsmiths from jamestown. his father was a gunsmith, not for military purposes, but he made hunting rifles and guns. henry learned his trade from his father and went into production during the civil war. here is an example of where the craft was passed on to a second generation, and then he actually was awarded a contract with the state of north carolina provide arms for the conf

you can see the name stamped on here tarpley. jeremiah tarpley was a man who applied and received a patent for this design. it was his idea for this design of the rifle in combination with an existing firm that was making sewing machines in greensboro that ultimately resulted in the menu after of this -- manufacturer of this piece. it's unusual in its appearance. one of the things, it's missing the wooden floor stock. almost every other rifle manufactured has a piece of wood that goes along here, and this particular design omitted that. that was one of the design flaws. they got too hot to handle essentially. all that being said, the relatively few number of were made, less than 200, and today less than 20 are known to be in existence. dr. murphy had four in his collection. this next piece we are looking at is a rifle. this particular rifle is more traditional compared to the tarpley. it has the complete barrel, the ramrod. what we know about this piece that we didn't know about the tarpley, the soldier who use this piece. as you

we are starting with a piece that was made by tarpley. this is a pace piece that was manufactured here. it was one of the most rare and unique pieces in the collection. you can see stamped on here jeremiah tarpley was the gentleman who applied and received a patent for this design. it was his idea for the sign of the rifle -- the design of the rifle in combination with an existing firm was making sewing machines in greensboro that also resulted in the manufacture of this piece. this is number 380, the serial number. it is unusual and its appearance. it is missing a wooden for stock. every other rifle or longer manufactured has a piece of wood that goes along here, and this particular design omitted that. that was one of the design flaws. it got too hot to handle. they weren't very user-friendly. being said, few of these were made, less than 200, and today less than 20 are known to be in existence. dr. murphy had four in his collection, which we have here to museum. this next piece is a rifle that was manufactured i jones and gardner -- by