Gallager Carbine
Gallager Carbine
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- 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
- Object Name
- carbine
- carbine, percussion
- Other Terms
- carbine; Firearms; Percussion Fire;.52 In; Rifled; 02; 03
- date made
- ca 1862
- patentee
- Gallager, Mahlon J.
- place made
- United States
- Measurements
- overall, carbine: 38 7/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 98.7425 cm x 6.0325 cm
- ID Number
- AF.32701B
- catalog number
- 32701B
- accession number
- 69413
- serial number
- 23165
- Credit Line
- U.S. Military Service Institute
- subject
- Firearms
- Civil War
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- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- Civil War
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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