Original U.S. Civil War J.H. Merrill M1858 2nd Model Saddle Ring Carbine Serial 14887 - dated 1863 French Holster and American Bantam delivered three

and American Bantam delivered three Austin roadsters in 1938

The stock repair is typical of regimental armory repairs of the period and then the pistol was returned to service

This collection was acquired directly from the veterans family

their marriage ended in a divorce sometime before 1906

established 1969)

Original U.S. Civil War J.H. Merrill M1858 2nd Model Saddle Ring Carbine Serial 14887 - dated 1863 French Holster and American Bantam delivered threeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice single shot percussion breech loading Civil War Saddle Ring Carbine. 14,500 were made by J. H. Merrill of Baltimore for the Union Cavalry, mostly between 1863 and 1865. These carbines are known to have been allocated to the following Union cavalry regiments: NY 1st, 5th and 18th; Pennsylvania 11th, 17th, and 18th; NJ 1st; Indiana 7th; Wisconsin 1st and 3rd; Kentucky 27th; and finally the Delaware