Gallager Carbine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1862
name: label: patentee
content: Gallager, Mahlon J.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This .50 caliber tilt-up barrel breech loading carbine was invented by Mahlon J. Gallager of Savannah, GA. Over 18,000 were used by Union cavalry troops during the Civil 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
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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.32701B
label: catalog number
content: 32701B
label: accession number
content: 69413
label: serial number
content: 23165
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carbine
label: Object Name
content: carbine, percussion
label: Other Terms
content: carbine; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .52 In; Rifled; 02; 03
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, carbine: 38 7/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 98.7425 cm x 6.0325 cm