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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Burnside Carbine
Type:Armament; Fishing/Trapping/Hunting
Place Made:Bristol, Rhode Island
Measurements:overall: 39 in; 99.06 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK L.B.1.2
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
Burnside's Civil War U.S. cavalry percussion breech-loading percussion cap carbine. Lever operated. Slide and ring on left side for sling. Patented by A.E. Burnside March 25, 1856. Manufactured at Bristol, Rhode Island by the Burnside Rifle Company, and used by the United States cavalry, 1860-1865.
Marked: 22034 [Serial No.] CAST STEEL 1862 BURNSIDE PATENT MARCH 25th 1856 BURNSIDE RIFLE CO. PROVIDENCE R.I.
Length of barrel: 21"
Weight: 7 lbs, 2 ozs

Tags:
firearms; weapons

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