CIVIL WAR Antique JAMES MERRILL First Type .54 Caliber Percussion CARBINE Issued to NY, PA, NJ, IN, WI, KY & DE Cavalries

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CIVIL WAR Antique JAMES MERRILL First Type .54 Caliber Percussion CARBINE 

Issued to NY, PA, NJ, IN, WI, KY & DE Cavalries

Here we present an antique James Merrill First Type Percussion Carbine, made circa 1862 in Baltimore, Maryland. These were made by the company of James H. Merrill in Baltimore, Maryland (a very divided city leading up to the war), with a total production of 14,500. These carbines are known to have been allocated to the following Union cavalry regiments: NY 1^st, 5^th and 18^th; Pennsylvania 11^th, 17^th, and 18^th; NJ 1^st; Indiana 7^th; Wisconsin 1^st and 3^rd; Kentucky 27^th; and finally the Delaware 1^st. They are also known to have been used by Confederates as they were available before the war or as they would capture them. Confederate ammunition for these was made at the Richmond Laboratory on Brown’s Island in Virginia. It is telling about how many of the carbines the South may have fielded to justify a significant operation making ammunition at the lab.

As an interesting side-note, the Confederate States Richmond Laboratory was the site of the worst home-front disaster in Richmond for the entire war when careless handling of percussion caps caused the several hundred thousand percussion primers, cannon friction primers and 10 lbs. of gun powder to explode, killing at least 44 and seriously injuring 25 more in the small building.

The overall condition is good. The action is excellent. The bore is shiny bright with sharp rifling. The stock shows lots of use and has been sanded at some point, especially along the left side of the receiver.

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Barrel is 22-1/8 inches.

Caliber: .54 percussion

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$2600
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