The last war to use only muzzle-loaded guns. 1859 - The first full rim-fire cartridge. 1860 - Spencer repeating carbine patented. Introduced at the start of the Civil War, Spencer repeating guns ...

The revolver was a technological breakthrough ... Samuel Colt died only a year into the Civil War, but his company continued to produce new, deadlier models. The 1860 Army Colt shot ...

On both sides, the Civil War boasted men who were brilliant and charismatic ... at Antietam National Museum of American History McClellan's Colt Model 1861 Navy Revolver National Museum of American ...