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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.
Rebuilt by 1863 the factory began producing 20,000 of the simpler Second Model Maynard carbines for the U.S. government but deliveries did not begin until June 1864, continuing through May 1865. As a result, few of the second model Maynards saw service, although some reached the 9th and 11th Indiana regiments and the 11th Tennessee Cavalry.
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Maynard see Perry by Keen, Walker. Not to be confused with northern Maynard of Chicopee Falls, MA W. S. McElwaine Holly Springs, Mississippi: Rifles Mendenhall, James & Gardner Greensboro, North Carolina: Rifles Contract with N. C. government for 10,000 rifles. Marks, “M. J. & G.” Montgomery Arsenal Montgomery, Alabama: 1861 Rifles (1864) Morse
During the American Civil War, an assortment of small arms found their way onto the battlefield.Though the muzzleloader percussion cap rifled musket was the most numerous weapon, being standard issue for the Union and Confederate armies, many other firearms, ranging from the single-shot breech-loading Sharps and Burnside rifles to the Spencer and the Henry rifles - two of the world's first ...
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.
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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.