Cosmopolitan Carbine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1862
name: label: patentee
content: Gwyn, Edward
label: patentee
content: Campbell, Abner C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Cosmopolitan carbine was patented by Edward Gwyn and Abner Campbell in 1862 and manufactured at their Cosmopolitan Arms Company in Hamilton, OH. The double loop lever lowered the breech block for loading a .52 caliber paper cartridge. The State of Illinois purchased 1,140 Cosmopolitans for use by the Illinois Cavalry. The Cosmopolitan was not popular with the troops but garnered many nicknames including Union, Ohio and Grapevine.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.252575
label: catalog number
content: 252575
label: accession number
content: 49064
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carbine
label: Object Name
content: carbine, percussion
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: carbine; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .50 In; Rifled; 11; 03
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 in x 2 7/8 in; 99.06 cm x 7.3025 cm