Gibbs Carbine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1863
label: associated date
content: 1863
name: label: patentee
content: Gibbs, Lucius H.
label: maker
content: William Brooks
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Lowering the trigger guard of the .52 caliber Gibbs Carbine slid the barrel forward and tipped up the breech for loading. It fired the same paper cartridges as the popular Sharps carbine and was an early attempt at standardization of ammunition by the Army. Only about 1,000 Gibbs carbines were delivered before the factory was burned down during the New York Draft Riots in 1863.
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.247493
label: catalog number
content: 247493
label: accession number
content: 47226
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carbine
label: Object Name
content: carbine, percussion
label: Other Terms
content: carbine; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .51 In; Rifled; 01; 03
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, carbine: 38 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 98.425 cm x 6.35 cm