Model 1864 Burnside Carbine
- 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
- date made
- ca 1863
- patentee
- Burnside, Ambrose E.
- maker
- Burnside Rifle Company
- place made
- United States
- Measurements
- overall, carbine: 39 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 100.33 cm x 5.715 cm
- ID Number
- AF.209405
- catalog number
- 209405
- accession number
- 37586
- serial number
- 17107
- subject
- Firearms
- related event
- Civil War
- See more items in
- Armed Forces History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Civil War
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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