Manufactured by the New Haven Arms Co. in 1863. The barrel is fitted with a German silver blade front sight and a folding ladder rear sight graduated to 900 yards. The top of the receiver has an empty factory cut sight dovetail. The top barrel flat is stamped with the two-line Henry's patent date/New Haven address marking ahead of the rear sight and the serial number at the breech. The brass buttplate has a trapdoor (cleaning rod not included). The left side plate is inscribed "John Fox/58th IND." Matching serial numbers are on the left side of the lower tang, all three tang screws, stock inlet, both buttplate screws and buttplate. This rifle is documented by serial number as inscribed to John Fox in Wiley Sword's "The Historic Henry Rifle" on page 80. John Fox is listed on the National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database as serving with the 58th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Co. C, enlisted with the rank of private and mustered out with the rank of corporal. Accompanying copies of Fox’s military service records indicate he mustered in on November 12, 1861 in the 58th Indiana Infantry, Co. C, was captured by Confederate forces at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on December 31, 1862 (Battle of Stones River), was a prisoner of war at a parole camp until July 9, 1863 when he was restored to a combat role, mustered out of service on January 1864 in order to reenlist as a veteran volunteer with the 58th Indiana Infantry, and mustered out on July 25, 1865. Fought from December 31, 1862 to January 2, 1863, the Battle of Stones River, the battle where John Fox was captured, saw high casualties inflicted on both sides and the Union Army repulsing two Confederate attacks, ending Confederate ambitions for control of Middle Tennessee. The 58th Indiana Infantry was organized in late 1861 at Princeton and Indianapolis, Indiana, and mustered out of service on July 25, 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Throughout the war the regiment fought in numerous engagements including the Battle of Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Battle of Perryville, Battle of Stones River, Tullahoma Campaign, Battle of Chickamauga, Siege of Chattanooga, Battle of Missionary Ridge, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Resaca, Siege of Atlanta, Battle of Jonesboro, Sherman's March to the Sea and Carolinas Campaign, the final campaign conducted by the Union Army in the Western Theater. In all, the regiment lost a total of 258 men, with most succumbing to disease. Most Henry Rifles manufactured during the Civil War were privately purchased by Federal soldiers from Midwestern regiments. The firepower of the Henry Rifles was valued on the frontier in the years that followed the Civil War. Most Henry Rifles were "working guns;" the surviving examples typically exhibit wear associated with years of hard use.

Good. The barrel has an attractive smooth dark brown patina and crisp legend. The hammer and lever are a mix of smooth gray and dark brown patinas. The brass has a pleasant aged honey colored appearance with a series of dings on the left side plate at the top and clear inscription. The stock shows an old coat of protective varnish done some ago and is very good with a few hairline stress cracks at the tangs and minor dings and scratches. Mechanically excellent. A historically significant Henry Rifle inscribed to an identified Civil War Union Indiana soldier and Confederate prisoner of war.