![]() ![]() :)Two Flints,I don't have source information on on every CW unit just on some Illinois units.You see I'm a native born "Sucker" with an interest in Illinois military history and the Civil War.If you had posted the SRS information that it showed as likely issued to the 6th Penn. ![]() ![]() I should further add that I've known Wormey many decades and he just ain't worth much, certainly not any misunderstanding or disharmony amonst the brethren. I'm leaving now for the range for my first-ever Spencer shooting session. Received it refurbished (from Wormey himself!) yesterday. Having collected Civil War firearms for fifty years, I acquired my first Spencer just last December. And in no way does it deminish our appreciation of your providing this forum. This is no reflection upon your good offices providing the Springfield data, just that this "March 1863" bit of data is certainly in error. By the serial number of Wormey's new acquisition, it falls in 1864 production. A mere 7,000 carbines were delivered in 1863. The book sets-out the development to fruition of the very first carbine delivery in October, 1863. He includes the June, 1863 correspondence betwixt Spencer and the Ordnance Department which first mooted the idea of carbine procurement. ![]() To be brief, Roy Marcot's Spencer book in the chapter on M1860 carbines pretty well sets out 1863 delivery of carbine perameters. Happening to be online at the moment, I'll take the liberty of addressing yours of earlier this morning, Two Flints. ![]()
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