Ballard Carbine
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Ballard Carbine
I have a .44 rimfire carbine by Ball & Williams / Worcester, Mass., Ballard's Patent / Nov 5 1861, Merwin & Bray Agt's / New York, S/N 3794. It has sling swivels attached to the barrel band and on the underside of the butt. This carbine was well used. I understand that most of this model went to the US military during the Civil war. Does anyone know of serial number to unit listings for this model? I would like to know which unit it went to. I am a subscriber to Springfield Research Service, but Wayne says that he has no data on this carbine.