Object Details
- J. F. Garrett & Company
- Description (Brief)
- This .52 caliber breechloading percussion carbine was invented by Jere H. Tarpley, of Greensboro, North Carolina and was made by the J. and F. Garrett Company also in Greensboro. It was notorious for leaking scalding hot gas from its breech and only a few hundred were made between 1863 and 1864.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- U.S. Military Service Institute
- 1863
- ID Number
- AF.32707
- catalog number
- 32707
- accession number
- 69413
- serial number
- 295
- Object Name
- carbine
- carbine, percussion
- Other Terms
- carbine; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .52 In; Rifled; 13; Sa
- Measurements
- overall: 39 1/2 in; 100.33 cm
- place made
- United States: North Carolina, Greensboro
- United States: Confederate States of America
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Civil War
- Firearms
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_414577
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-1359-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
