Original U.S. Gallager Civil War Saddle Ring Carbine in .52 Rimfire - Serial 22737 Category_Snider Rifle Accessories This portepee is in excellent

This portepee is in excellent condition showing only age but no fraying

primarily to give an enhanced grip when the barrel was held in the breeching vice

• British 1871 Valise Equipment in Buff White Leather- New Made Heavy White Buff Leather just like the original field equipment

He was a radio operator/ mechanic gunner

1866 written by this officer to a "Miss Dick" of Comrie Castle

Original U.S. Gallager Civil War Saddle Ring Carbine in .52 Rimfire - Serial 22737 Category_Snider Rifle Accessories This portepee is in excellentOriginal Item: One Only. Made in Philadelphia by RICHARDSON & OVERLAND starting in a U. S. Government order dated August 31st 1861 a total of some 17,000 units were produced by this maker. The serial number of our example is 22737. Ironically the Original patent # 29,157 granted on July 17th. 1860 was to MAHLON J. GALLAGER, who was born in South Carolina and throughout the Civil War lived in Savanna , Georgia. It was first produced in Percussion, but