Tallassee Carbine
date: label: associated date
content: 1864
name: label: maker
content: Tallassee Armory
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Alabama, Tallassee
label: place made
content: United States: Confederate States of America
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: U.S. Military Service Institute
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.32711
label: catalog number
content: 32711
label: accession number
content: 69413
label: serial number
content: 119
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carbine
label: Object Name
content: carbine, percussion
label: Other Terms
content: carbine; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .58 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 40 1/2 in; 102.87 cm