Paperback, 123 pgs. This book outlines The Army Ordnance Department procurement of the breech-loading carbine from the start of the Civil War to June of 1866. Included are patent drawings, descriptions and procurement tables for the following carbines used during the Civil War; Spencer, Sharps, Burnside, Smith, Gallager, Starr, Maynard, Remington, Merrill, Joslyn, Gwyn & Campbell, Hall, Warner, Ballard, Sharps & Hankins, Gibbs, E.G. Lamson, Lindner and Wesson.