Joslyn Model 1862 Carbine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1862
name: label: patentee
content: Joslyn, Benjamin F.
label: maker
content: Joslyn, Benjamin F.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Joslyn Model 1862 and 1864 Carbines were made and issued from 1862 through the end of the Civil War. They fired .52 caliber metal rimfire cartridges, although some of the earliest Model 1862s were percussion pieces. The breechblock pulls up and to the left for loading.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.247498
label: accession number
content: 47226
label: catalog number
content: 247498
label: serial number
content: 1345
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carbine
label: Object Name
content: carbine, rimfire
label: Other Terms
content: carbine; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .54 In; Rifled; 13; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, carbine: 38 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 97.79 cm x 8.89 cm