54cal.ěurnside carbine employed an unusual cone shaped metal cartridge for use in a percussion system. īreechloader, Burnside single shot percussion carbine, 1856 patent date, lever not hinged, no forearm, 2nd model. Research Center: Weapon2060-Breechloader-Burnside. Manufactured by Burnside Rifle Co., Providence, Rhode Island, General Ambrose Burnside, was an official in the company before the war but was not involved in wartime development of the weapon. Ridgeway Reference Library, Civil War plates and bucklesĪ virtual examination of artifacts of the American Civil Warīreechloader, Burnside carbine.
