The Galleries
- Robert E. Petersen Collection
- Ancient Firearms
- The Road to American Liberty
- Seeds of Greatness
- The Prospering New Republic
- A Nation Asunder
- The American West
- Innovation, Oddities and Competition
- Theodore Roosevelt, Elegant Arms
- World War I and Firearms Innovation
- WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Beyond
- For the Fun of It
- Firearms Traditions for Today
- William B. Ruger Special Exhibits
- Freedom's Doorway
James and Ferris Half Stock Percussion Target Rifle
Scope-sighted sharpshooter rifles were difficult to load, but yielded long-range accuracy. Both U.S. and Confederate armies employed sharpshooters armed with rifles of this type for long-range shooting, including fire against enemy officers. Major General John Sedgwick, commander of the Union Army's Sixth Corps, was killed by a Confederate sniper at the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia on May 9, 1864.