Merrill Carbine Rifle
Firearm
.54 caliber, single-shot, percussion, breechloader used mainly by Union cavalry units. It used the .54 caliber Minie balls with paper cartridges which were loaded by lifting the top of the breech lever.
Merrill Carbine Rifle
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2025.36.017
Genesee Country Village and Museum
J. H. Merrill
Baltimore
Maryland
United States of America
North America
1863 - 1965
19th Century
Receiver Marking
Top of breech
J. H. Merrill Balto. / Pat Jul 1858
English
Stamped
Receiver Marking
Top of breech
18730
English
Stamped
Receiver Marking
Side plate
1863. / J. H. Merrill Balto. / Pat July 1858 / Apl. 9 May 21-28-61
English
Stamped
Manufacturer's Mark
Side plate
Eagle with arrows in its talons
Stamped
Inscription
Stock
J D
Carved
4 in
37 in
7-13/16 lb
J. H. Merrill
Civil War