Smith Carbine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1862
name: label: patentee
content: Smith, Gilbert
label: maker
content: Massachusetts Arms Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Smith Carbine was a .50-caliber breech loader that fired a hard rubber cartridge. Depressing the latch in the trigger guard allowed the barrel to tilt forward for loading. They were manufactured by American Machine Works, the Massachusetts Arms Co., and the American Arms Company. Nearly all of the 31,000 Smith Carbines produced during the Civil War were purchased by the U.S. government. A large number of Smiths were captured and used by Confederate cavalry early in the war.
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
setName: label: See more items in
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.32698
label: catalog number
content: 32698
label: accession number
content: 69413
label: serial number
content: 10601
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carbine
label: Object Name
content: carbine, percussion
label: Other Terms
content: carbine; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .50 In; Rifled; 02; 03
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, carbine: 38 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 97.155 cm x 5.715 cm