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| (Photos: Harrisburg, Pa. police) |
A $20,000
reward has been offered for the recovery of an 1860 Henry repeating rifle that
belonged to President Abraham Lincoln’s first secretary of war and was stolen
from a Pennsylvania museum.
The private
collector made the offer for information that leads to the gun, Harrisburg
police announced Monday. Pennlive.com said the rifle, engraved with Simon
Cameron’s name, is valued at between $400,000 and $500,000.
The rifle and
two revolvers taken from the National Civil War Museum in February 2016 were
presented to Cameron, secretary of war from March 5, 1861, to Jan. 14, 1862.
While the
revolvers were owned the city, the rifle was on loan as part of the “Guns and
Lace” exhibit sponsored by the National Rifle Association. The thief used a
sledge hammer to break a window and display cases.
WPMT-Fox43 said
one of guns is a .44-caliber army revolver, while the other is a .36-caliber
Colt 1861 Navy revolver.
Police asked
that anyone with information about the rifle should call them at 717-558-6900.
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