Original U.S. Civil War J.H. Merrill M1858 2nd Model Saddle Ring Breech Loading Carbine - Serial 10575 Belgian Militaria The Tripod has it's original

The Tripod has it's original brass Data Plate impressed "TRIPOD 303’ MAXIM

so we were not able to locate the maker markings

In combat operated as a member of a crew specially trained in constructing and repairing roads and bridges

The Patrol then started back up the hill

Original U.S. Civil War J.H. Merrill M1858 2nd Model Saddle Ring Breech Loading Carbine - Serial 10575 Belgian Militaria The Tripod has it's originalOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice single shot percussion breech loading Civil War Saddle Ring Carbine. As they use both a cap and a type of breech loaded cartridge, they are often referred to as "capping breech loaders". Somewhere around 14,500 were made by J. H. Merrill of Baltimore for the Union Cavalry, mostly between 1863 and 1865. The carbines were produced in two versions: First Type and Second Type. The First Type included