According to popular lore, President Lincoln personally intervened in the Union Army's weapons selection process in1863, ensuring that the repeating Spencer rifle, a revolutionary small-arms ...

But it was his eponymous repeating rifle that really established his place in the hierarchy of American inventors. ... Manufacturer: Spencer Repeating Rifle Co., Boston, Mass. Serial Number: 54803 ...

The Spencer repeating rifle took a magazine in the stock holding seven metallic cartridges. The trigger guard was a lever that loaded cartridges and ejected spent shells. This particular rifle was ...

Christopher Miner Spencer became known as one of the greatest gun designers of his age, and his Spencer rifle was eventually fielded as one of the most advanced firearms employed during the Civil War.

A Spencer repeating rifle found on Missionary Ridge returned to the scene of what could have been its last battle during rededication ceremonies Saturday at Chickamauga Park. Dr. Paul Shaw ...

A Spencer repeating rifle that was found on Missionary Ridge returns to the scene of what could have been its last battle. During rededication ceremonies at Alexander's Bridge in Chickamauga Park ...

James holds the Henry repeating rifle, a .44 caliber rifle only manufactured between 1860-1866. Schreier holds a Sporterized Spencer Repeating Carbine; the last one manufactured in 1865.