The Galleries
- Robert E. Petersen Collection
- Ancient Firearms - 1350 to 1700
- Road to American Liberty - 1700 to 1780
- A Prospering New Republic - 1780 to 1860
- A Nation Asunder - 1861 to 1865
- The American West - 1850 to 1900
- Innovation, Oddities and Competition
- Theodore Roosevelt and Elegant Arms - 1880s to 1920s
- World War I and Firearms Innovation
- WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Beyond - 1940 to Present
- For the Fun of It
- Modern Firearms - 1950 to Present
- Hollywood Guns
Gen. Ambrose Burnside's Carbine
Watch Burnside CarbineThis firearm is on exhibit at the NRA National Sporting Arms Museum in Springfield, MO.
The third most popular cavalry carbine of the war, the Burnside was made between 1857 and 1865.
U.S./Burnside 1862 Lever Action Carbine (single-shot/
breech-loading/ black powder/ cartridge ammunition)
Small breech-loading carbines such as this one did play a part at
Antietam, especially at close range. But carnage was created by the
rifle-musket at every range on this, the bloodiest day of the
war.
- Dr. William L. Roberts, THE AMERICAN LIBERTY COLLECTION; #76