Tallassee Carbine
Tallassee Carbine
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- Description (Brief)
- This.58-caliber carbine was closley patterned after the British Enfield carbine. It was made in Tallassee, Alabama in 1864 with equipment moved from Richmond, Virginia. Approximately 500 were manufactured but were made too late to be used in the war.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- carbine
- carbine, percussion
- Other Terms
- carbine; Firearms; Percussion Fire;.58 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; Sa
- associated date
- 1864
- maker
- Tallassee Armory
- place made
- United States: Alabama, Tallassee
- United States: Confederate States of America
- Measurements
- overall: 40 1/2 in; 102.87 cm
- ID Number
- AF.32711
- catalog number
- 32711
- accession number
- 69413
- serial number
- 119
- Credit Line
- U.S. Military Service Institute
- subject
- Firearms
- Civil War
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- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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