Original U.S. Civil War J.H. Merrill M1858 Transitional 2nd Type Saddle Ring Breech Loading Cavalry Carbine - Serial 10123 Manufacture Type_New Made Items Flag patch

Flag patch

and miscellaneous

and possibly water exposure

S/L William 'Babe' Whitamore and F/O Alan M Peart managed to get airborne

Etienne in February 1867

Original U.S. Civil War J.H. Merrill M1858 Transitional 2nd Type Saddle Ring Breech Loading Cavalry Carbine - Serial 10123 Manufacture Type_New Made Items Flag patchOriginal 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