File:NMAH-ET2012-13876.jpg

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English: This .50 caliber tilt-up barrel breech loading carbine was invented by Mahlon J. Gallager of Savannah, GA. Over 18,000 were used by Union cavalry troops during the Civil War.
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Source Gallager Carbine at the National Museum of American History (link)
Author National Museum of American History
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