Original U.S. Civil War J.H. Merrill M1858 1st Type Saddle Ring Breech Loading Cavalry Carbine - Serial 2824 Snider Rifles & Bayonets It is made of light

It is made of light weight aluminum

The patches were commonly worn on the left pocket flap of the service uniform coat below the wing badge and ribbons

A high point veteran (ASR score) at the end of the war

wooden hand guard on the barrel nocks form

usually seen on EM/NCO uniforms

Original U.S. Civil War J.H. Merrill M1858 1st Type Saddle Ring Breech Loading Cavalry Carbine - Serial 2824 Snider Rifles & Bayonets It is made of lightOriginal 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