Henry lever action rifle manufactured by the New Haven Arms Company in early 1865. The rifle has the distinctive octagon barrel with integral 15-shot magazine and brass receiver. The barrel has a standard dovetail mounted folding leaf rear sight with 900 yard center notch and elevator bar stop screw. A slide with peep aperture has been added to the rear sight leaf above the elevator bar. The original front sight blade has been replaced with a steel sight blade. The magazine has the late, large diameter, brass follower. The second style receiver lacks the alternate rear sight dovetail found on early production receivers and has the later, beveled, follower cut. The upper tang has been drilled and tapped for a tang sight and the hole has been filled with a screw. The stock has the second style brass buttplate with sharply pointed heel. The left side of the barrel has a screw fastened loop for a sling hook and the left side of the stock has an inlaid sling swivel. The loop and sling swivel were standard features on Henry rifles manufactured after 1863. The rifle stock is straight grain American walnut. The barrel was originally blued and the hammer, trigger and loading lever are color casehardened. The barrel is roll-stamped with the larger, second style legend ("HENRY'S PATENT.OCT. 16. 1860/MANUFACT'D BY THE NEWHAVEN ARMS CO.NEWHAVEN. CT.") that utilizes all serif letters. The serial number "8200" is stamped on the top of the barrel between the rear sight and the receiver. The "W" inspection mark used by Oliver Winchester is stamped on the lower tang between the lever latch and the rear tang screw. The buttplate and stock could not be removed to view the serial numbers stamped on the lower left side of the receiver tang, in the upper tang inlet of the stock and on the inside of the buttplate. The buttplate and tang screws were not serial numbered on late production Henry rifles. Comes with a leather case. Although the U.S. Army Ordnance Department purchased only 1731 of the approximately 10,000 Henry rifles manufactured by the New Haven Arms Company between April 1862 and July 1865, experts believe that most of the Henry rifles made during the Civil War were privately purchased by individual Federal soldiers. These soldiers recognized the firepower offered by the 15-shot, lever action, Henry rifle and were willing to spend their own money to own the most advanced rifle available during the war. Henry rifles were especially popular with Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky soldiers who had access to New Haven Arms Company dealers in Louisville, Cincinnati and other Midwestern cities while on en-route to the front or on furlough. By the end of the Civil War several Federal regiments from Midwestern states were armed primarily with privately purchased Henry rifles.

Good with the exception of the front and rear sight modifications and the drilled and tapped upper tang (all of which are period alterations) the rifle is mostly original. The barrel/magazine have a deep brown patina with clear factory legend and serial number. The sides of the barrel and magazine have numerous shallow dents and scratches but are free from pitting. The very crisp original brass receiver and buttplate have a good-looking, untouched, patina. The receiver is in good overall condition with tight side plate joints. Wear is limited to minor dents and scratches. The hammer, trigger and lever have a dove-gray patina with considerable age discoloration. The buttplate shows more wear than the receiver and has several patches of corrosion; both of the buttplate screws are pitted. The stock is in good overall condition with scattered dents and handling marks, primarily on the right side. The case is good with some replaced stitching and wear overall. This is a solid example of a Civil War production Henry rifle which shows the wear typical of firearms that saw hard daily service.