Battle of Gettysburg - Artifacts from Fields and Forests : Washington Irving Heald's collection given to the Gleason Public Library.
Materials:
Iron/Steel
Dimensions:
L-21 inches
Information:
The carbine's wooden stock is missing. Behind the hammer, close to where the stock would have been is the engraving, "O. SHARPS' PAT OCT. 5th 1852" on both sides, and "R.S. LAWRENCE PAT April 12th 1859" on just one side.
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