Object Details
- patentee
- Burnside, Ambrose E.
- Burnside Rifle Company
- Description (Brief)
- This .54 caliber breech-loading carbine was designed in the 1850s by Ambrose E. Burnside who became a Major General in the Civil War. It fired cartridges with copper or foil casings. The Union purchased over 55,000 of them for use by cavalry.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1863
- ID Number
- AF.209405
- catalog number
- 209405
- accession number
- 37586
- serial number
- 17107
- Object Name
- carbine
- carbine, percussion
- Other Terms
- carbine; Firearms; P :; .54 In; Rifled; 09; 03
- Measurements
- overall, carbine: 39 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 100.33 cm x 5.715 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_416583
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-d40a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
