Civil War Guns

Military | American History

Firearms of all types - both foreign and domestically made - were pressed into service during the American Civil War of the 1860s.

There are a total of [ 89 ] Civil War Guns entries in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z). Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily primary operator. Return to the Civil War Arms Index. View the American Civil War timeline courtesy of CivilWarTimeline.net, a day-by-day timeline approach to major and minor events of the Civil War.

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1860

Allen & Wheelock Drop Breech

Single-Shot Rifle

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1842

Aston Model 1842

Single-Shot Percussion Pistol

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1840

Belgian Pinfire

Revolver

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1861

Bridesburg Model 1861

Rifle Musket

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1863

Bridesburg Model 1863

Rifle Musket

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1856

Burnside Carbine

Breech-Loading Carbine Rifle

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1848

Colt Model 1848 (Baby Dragoon)

Five-Shot Percussion Revolver

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1848

Colt Model 1848 (Dragoon)

Six-Shot Percussion Revolver

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1849

Colt Model 1849 Pocket Revolver

Percussion Revolver

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1851

Colt Model 1851 Navy

Percussion Revolver

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1855

Colt Model 1855 (Root Revolver)

Single-Action Six-Shot Revolver

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1855

Colt Model 1855 Revolving Carbine

Six-Shot Service Rifle / Sniper Rifle

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1860

Colt Model 1860 New Army

Six-Shot Percussion Revolver

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1861

Colt Model 1861 Navy

Six-Shot Percussion Revolver

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1862

Colt Model 1862 Pocket Navy

Five-Shot Percussion Revolver

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1862

Colt Model 1862 Police

Five-Shot Percussion Revolver

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1861

Colt Special Model 1861

Musket Long Gun

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1860

Cook & Brother Carbine

Musket Rifle

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1860

Cooper Pocket Double Action

Five-Shot Percussion Revolver

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1862

Cosmopolitan Carbine

Percussion Carbine

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1825

Deringer (Derringer Pocket Pistol)

Concealed-Carry Pocket Pistol

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1842

Deringer Model 1842 Navy

Percussion Cap, Rifled Barrel Pistol

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1862

Dickson Nelson & Co Rifle

Percussion Smoothbore Rifle Musket

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1865

E.G. Lamson Ball Lever-Action

Carbine Rifle

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1853

Enfield Pattern 1853

Rifle-Musket Long Gun

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1853

Enfield Pattern 1853 Cavalry

Muzzle-Loaded Flintlock Carbine Rifle

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1856

Enfield Pattern 1856

Rifle-Musket Long Gun

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1862

Fayetteville Model 1862

Rifled-Musket Percussion Long Gun

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1861

Frank Wesson Rifle

Service Long Gun / Cavalry Carbine

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1863

Gallager Model 1863

Single-Shot, Breech-Loaded Percussion Carbine

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1861

Gatling Model 1861

Battlefield Support Weapon

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1863

Gibbs Carbine

Breech-Loaded Rifled Percussion Carbine

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1863

Gwyn and Campbell Carbine

Breech-Loaded Percussion Carbine

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1795

Harpers Ferry / Springfield Model 1795

Musket

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1803

Harpers Ferry Model 1803

Flintlock Muzzle-Loading Rifle

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1816

Harpers Ferry Model 1816

Flintlock Musket / Percussion Cap Rifle

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1819

Harpers Ferry Model 1819 (Hall Rifle)

Service Long Gun / Carbine

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1841

Harpers Ferry Model 1841 (Hall Rifle)

Single-Shot, Breech-Loaded Percussion Rifle

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1841

Harpers Ferry Model 1841 (Mississippi Rifle)

Rifled-Musket Percussion Cap Long Gun

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1857

Harpers Ferry Model 1855

Percussion Rifle-Musket

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1860

Henry Model 1860

Lever-Action Repeating Rifle

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1860

J.F. Brown Target

Sharpshooter / Sniper Rifle

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1855

Joslyn Rifle

Single-Shot Carbine / Rifle Long Arm

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1823

Lefaucheux 20-Round

Double-Barreled Revolver

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1854

Lefaucheux Model 1854

Pinfire Revolver

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1861

LeMat Revolver (Grape Shot Revolver)

Nine-Shot Cap-and-Ball Revolver with Underslung 16-Gauge Barrel

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1860

Leonard Percussion Target

Sharpshooter / Sniper Rifle

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1860

Lindsay Model 1860

Twin-Shot, Single-Barrel Percussion Pistol

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1863

Lindsay Model 1863 U.S. Double Rifle

Twin-Shot Musket Long Gun

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1854

Lorenz Model 1854 / Model 1862 (Lorenz Rifle)

Rifled Musket Long Arm

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1859

Manhattan Navy

Revolver

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1854

Massachusetts Arms Greene Carbine

Breech-Loaded Percussion Carbine

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1860

Massachusetts Arms Maynard Carbine

Single-Shot Percussion Carbine

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1850

Massachusetts Arms Model 1850 Dragoon (Wesson & Leavitt)

Six-Shot, Percussion Cap Cavalry Revolver

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1863

Merrill Model 1863 (Merrill Carbine)

Percussion Cap, Breech-Loading Carbine

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1864

Metropolitan Navy Model 1864

Percussion Cap Revolver

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1865

Miller Model 1861

Breech-Loading Rifle

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1861

Model 1861 Ketchum

Infantry Hand Grenade

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1866

Model 1866 Peabody Carbine

Single-Shot Breechloading Carbine

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1865

Palmer Model 1865

Bolt-Action Carbine

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1862

Phoenix Arms Gibbs Carbine

Percussion-Based, Breech-Loaded, Single-Shot Carbine

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1856

Remington Model 1816 (Maynard)

Percussion Cap Service Rifle

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1850

Remington Model 1841 (Mississippi Rifle)

Muzzle-Loaded Rifled-Musket

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1861

Remington Model 1858 Army

Six-Shot Percussion Revolver

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1861

Remington Model 1861 Army

Percussion Revolver

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1862

Remington Model 1861 Navy

Percussion Revolver

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1856

Remington-Beals 1st Model

5-Round Percussion Cap Pocket Revolver

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1858

Remington-Beals 2nd Model

5-Round Percussion Cap Pocket Revolver

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1860

Remington-Beals 3rd Model

5-Shot Percussion Cap Pocket Revolver

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1861

Remington-Beals Model 1858 Army

Six-Shot Service Revolver

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1861

Remington-Beals Model 1858 Navy

Six-Shot Service Revolver

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1863

Remington-Rider Double-Action New Model

Belt Revolver

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1862

Richmond Armory Model 1855 (Richmond Rifle)

Percussion Cap, Single-Shot, Muzzle-Loaded Rifle

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1862

Sharps & Hankins Model 1862

Single-Shot Breech-Loading Carbine

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1852

Sharps Model 1852 Saddle Ring

Single-Shot, Breech-Loading Cavalry Carbine

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1862

Smith & Wesson Model 2 Army

Six-Shot Service Revolver

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1857

Smith Carbine

Breech-Loaded Cavalry Carbine

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1860

Spencer Rifle / Carbine

Lever-Action Repeating Firearm

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1861

Spiller & Burr Model 1861

Percussion Cap Revolver

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1816

Springfield Model 1816

Muzzle-Loaded, Single-Shot Flintlock / Percussion Musket

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1844

Springfield Model 1842

Muzzle-Loaded Musket / Rifle

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1856

Springfield Model 1855

Muzzle-Loaded, Single-Shot Rifle-Musket

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1861

Springfield Model 1861

Rifled Musket

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1858

Starr Model 1858 / Model 1863

Double-Action 6-Shot Percussion Revolver

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1850

Stocking Model 1850 (Pepperbox)

Six-Shot Compact Pistol

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1863

Tarpley Carbine

Carbine Rifle

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1864

Warner Carbine

Breech-Loaded Rifled Gun

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1861

Whitney Model 1861 Navy

Six-Shot, Single-Action, Percussion Revolver

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1857

Whitworth Rifle

Percussion Lock Rifled Musket

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