Burnside Carbine Serial Numbers

This example is one of those made by the Burnside Rifle Co. Who paid a royalty to Spencer per carbine. The top of the barrel is marked “SPENCER REPEATING/ RIFLE CO. BOSTON, MASS/ PAT’D MARCH 6, 1860.

I almost hesitate to give you this information because you will be tempted to accept it as definitive, however, you should consider it purely a possible, speculative match. There is a list of Burnside serial numbers that was dug up from the ordnance returns.

Here are the numbers closest to the gun you asked about: Searching the for the name you have given, leads to a potential match in the 14 PA CAV: However, you must remember that the list of serial numbers for the Burnside carbine is far from complete and your gun did NOT have an actual match. You can make the argument that since guns near it were issued to a particular regiment then yours was also likely issued to one of those regiments.However you can also make the argument that if it had been issued to one of those regiments then it would have shown up in the records, thus you can rule out the possibility that it was issued to one of those regiments. I'm not really sure which way I lean. Also, searching the soldiers and sailors database for matches to W E Hill leads to a lot of matches, it is a rather common name, so William E Hill of the 14th PA may not be the right guy. All that being said, it is interesting to contemplate the possibility that this is the guy that carried your gun.

I would appreciate it if you would post some photos of your carbine! Thank you for that information it was quite helpful. In looking at the distribution of weapons in this serial number range it appears that all you provided went to either E Co. Cavalry or D Co.

Cav with out fail. There are numerous missing entries that require further investigation that I intend to dig into very shortly. I have contacted the National Archives regarding this avenue. But for now if we assume that most of the carbines in this range went to the units noted then further roster investigation may lead to more evidence. I check Illinois civil war of the noted unit and while there was a Hill in it it was PVTE6 IL US CAVALBION, EDWARDS CO, IL When I search the Penna records for D Co.

14th Penna Cav. Guess what I spoke with an archivist in Pa and he explained that D-14C was D Co. 4-870 is the Samual Bates History of Pa Volunteers volume 4 page 870 which I confirmed.

He was the only Hill noted in that unit. I think the information you provided me has got me on the right track.

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