Object Details
- patentee
- Gallager, Mahlon J.
- Description (Brief)
- This .50 caliber tilt-up barrel breech loading carbine was invented by Mahlon J. Gallager of Savannah, GA. Over 18,000 were used by Union cavalry troops during the Civil War.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- U.S. Military Service Institute
- ca 1862
- ID Number
- AF.32701B
- catalog number
- 32701B
- accession number
- 69413
- serial number
- 23165
- Object Name
- carbine
- carbine, percussion
- Other Terms
- carbine; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .52 In; Rifled; 02; 03
- Measurements
- overall, carbine: 38 7/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 98.7425 cm x 6.0325 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Firearms
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_414573
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-7351-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
