Collection Highlights
Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C.
ca. 1797
1907.32
oil on linen, lined to fiberglass
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Luce Center
Burside Carbine, Fourth Model
Title
Burside Carbine, Fourth Model
Object name
Carbine
Date
1863-1864
Medium
Wood, steel, iron
Dimensions
barrel length: 21 in. ( 53.3 cm )
Overall: 39 5/8 in. ( 100.6 cm )
Description
Wood, steel, and iron percussion carbine; iron furniture; hinged center of breechblock; stamped marks on lockplate, barrel, barrel band, receiver, and breechblock.
Credit Line
Gift of Charles MacCauley
Object Number
1922.133
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"
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.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
