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The Maynard carbine was a breech-loaded carbine used by cavalry in the American Civil War.The First Model was manufactured between 1858 and 1859. About 5,000 were made. In United States service it was distributed to the 9th Pennsylvania and 1st Wisconsin cavalry regiments, United States Marines aboard the USS Saratoga and the United States Revenue Cutter Service.
Soldier of the 1st Mississippi Cavalry Battalion, holding a Maynard carbine.. In the spring of 1861, various Mississippi cavalry companies volunteered for military service and traveled to Tennessee, including the Pontotoc Dragoons, an prewar volunteer company dating back to the time of the Mexican-American War. [1]
A carbine (/ ˈ k ɑːr b iː n / or / ˈ k ɑːr b aɪ n /), [1] from French carabine, [2] is a long arm firearm but with a shorter barrel than a rifle or musket. [3] Many carbines are shortened versions of full-length rifles, shooting the same ammunition, while others fire lower-powered ammunition, typically ranging from pistol/PDW to intermediate rifle cartridges.
The First Model Maynard was designated an official Confederate firearm. The factory burned down in January 1861, halting production until the factory was rebuilt in 1863. The company then received an order for 20,000 of the simpler Second Model Maynard carbines. Deliveries of these guns began in June 1864 continuing through May 1865.
Diagram of a Springfield Model 1855 Musket's lock mechanism. The small plate with the eagle on it is the cover for the Maynard tape system. Maynard's new system still required the musket's powder and Minié ball to be loaded conventionally into the barrel, but the tape system meant that the percussion cap no longer needed to be manually loaded onto the percussion lock's nipple.
Sharps' initial rifle was patented September 12, 1848, [6] and manufactured by A. S. Nippes at Mill Creek in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1850. [7] The second model used the Maynard tape primer, and surviving examples are marked Edward Maynard - Patentee 1845.
Maynard M1851 carbine: Merrill M1858 carbine: Remington M1865 split breech carbine: Issued in limited numbers to Union cavalry in the final year of the war. Sharps carbine: The Sharps carbine was a falling-block firearm used during and after the American Civil War. The carbine version was very popular with the cavalry of both the Union and ...
Maynard carbine; Merrill carbine; Minié rifle; Model 1814 common rifle; Model 1817 common rifle; P. Palmer carbine; Pattern 1853 Enfield; Pattern 1861 Enfield ...