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Burnside Flat Base Bullet, .54 Caliber
Object/Artifact
For use in a Burnside carbine was a breech-loading carbine rifle.
2025.36.013
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Burnside, Ambrose
circa 1862 - circa 1865
7/16 in
5/16 in
5/16 in
Lead
Burnside, Ambrose
The carbine was designed and patented by Ambrose Burnside.
Civil War