September 1863 Ordnance Department returns showed similar numbers with 20,378 Sharps in the field, with the next most issued carbine in the field at that time being the Burnside, of which 8,179 were in service. It is one of 75 whose serial numbers are listed in the. My personal Sharps is an 1863 New Model Serial number C.311 and has not been converted over to to metallic cartridge. According to December 1862 Ordnance Department returns, there were already 13,645 Sharps in the field, with the Smith Carbine being the next most issued carbine in the field at 1,922.Īfter the Civil War was over, a lot of Percussion Sharps, turned in by the troops mustering out of service, were sent to Springfield Armory, Where they were converted to fire 50-70. Throughout the war, the Sharps outnumbered the other carbines in the field by as many as about 6 to 1. From their initial delivery to the Ordnance Department in September 1861, through the end of the war, the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company delivered a total of 77,330 carbines. › Civil War Sharps Carbine Serial Numbers █ █Ĭollege Hill Arsenal:: Previously Sold Items:: ID'd Sharps New Model 1863 Carbine - Samuel Crompton -9th IL Cavalry Search: Categories Special:::: ID'd Sharps New Model 1863 Carbine - Samuel Crompton -9th IL Cavalry ID'd Sharps New Model 1863 Carbine - Samuel Crompton -9th IL Cavalry The Sharps Carbine, in both the New Model 1859 and New Model 1863 configurations, was the most used carbine to see service with the US Cavalry during the American Civil War.
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