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Knoxville, Tennessee: Rifles S. C. Robinson Arms Manufactory (Samuel C. Robinson) Richmond, Virginia: Produced a variant of the M1859 Sharps carbine: ca. 3,000 .52 caliber Sharps carbines. Marks, “Robinson Arms Co.” Selma Naval Foundry & Ironworks (Selma Arsenal & Gun Works) Selma, Alabama: 1861 Iron plating, Brooke rifled cannon, ironclad ...
Issued in limited numbers to Union cavalry in the final year of the war. Sharps carbine: The Sharps carbine was a falling-block firearm used during and after the American Civil War. The carbine version was very popular with the cavalry of both the Union and Confederate armies and was issued in much larger numbers than the full-length rifle.
The basic unit of Union artillery was the battery, which usually consisted of six guns. Attempts were made to ensure that all six guns in a battery were of the same caliber, simplifying training and logistics. Each gun, or "piece", was operated by a gun crew of eight, plus four additional men to handle the horses and equipment.
Dixie is an unincorporated community in Obion County, Tennessee, United States. Dixie is located along local Shawtown Road, 8.29 miles (13.34 km) west of Union City. [2] The community was once home to Dixie High School, which is now a GNIS historical landmark. [3]
An antique firearm is a term used to describe a firearm that was designed and manufactured prior to the beginning of the 20th century. Although the exact definition of what constitutes an "antique firearm" varies between countries, the advent of smokeless powder or the start of the Boer War are often used as cut-off dates. [1]
This list of museums in Tennessee encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Scout from Columbus to Hickman, Ky., July 17–18 (detachment). Skirmish near Union City September 2. Duty at Paducah, Ky., until June 1865. Ordered to Rockville, on Tennessee River, June 27, and duty there until August. On March 24, 1864, at Union City, Tennessee, the regiment was attacked by the 7th Tennessee Cavalry, CSA, under Colonel ...
Union City is a city in and the county seat of Obion County, Tennessee, United States. [ 7 ] 11,170 people were living in the town as of the 2020 census. It is the principal urban settlement of the surrounding micropolitan area, which includes Obion County and Fulton County, Kentucky .