Collection Highlights
The Dead at Gettysburg
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.164.4.38.GettysburgDead
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Burside Carbine, Fourth Model
Object Number:
1922.133
Date:
1863-1864
Medium:
Wood, steel, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 39 5/8 in. ( 100.6 cm )
Part (barrel): 21 in. (53.3 cm)
Marks:
stamped: barrel band: "D"; barrel: "CAST STEEL 1862"; "H"; "I"; breechblock: "11695"; receiver: "11695"
stamped: lockplate: "BURNSIDE RIFLE CO./PROVIDENCE R.I."; breech: "H"
Description:
Wood, steel, and iron percussion carbine; iron furniture; hinged center of breechblock; stamped marks on lockplate, barrel, barrel band, receiver, and breechblock.
Gallery Label:
Burnside carbines were among a group of weapons whose use during the Civil War heralded the rise of breech-loading firearms and the decline of muzzle-loaders in the postwar years. Designed by Union general Ambrose Burnside, they were widely used during the war by many cavalry regiments, including the 1st New Jersey.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles MacCauley
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
