Tarpley Carbine
date: label: date made
content: 1863
name: label: maker
content: J. F. Garrett & Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This .52 caliber breechloading percussion carbine was invented by Jere H. Tarpley, of Greensboro, North Carolina and was made by the J. and F. Garrett Company also in Greensboro. It was notorious for leaking scalding hot gas from its breech and only a few hundred were made between 1863 and 1864.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: North Carolina, Greensboro
label: place made
content: United States: Confederate States of America
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
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: U.S. Military Service Institute
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.32707
label: catalog number
content: 32707
label: accession number
content: 69413
label: serial number
content: 295
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carbine
label: Object Name
content: carbine, percussion
label: Other Terms
content: carbine; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .52 In; Rifled; 13; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 1/2 in; 100.33 cm