Smith carbine

The Smith Carbine was a 0.50 caliber breech loading rifle patented by Gilbert Smith on June 23, 1857 and successfully completed the Military Trials of the late 1850s.

Service history
Units known to have received the Smith carbine include:
 * 3rd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
 * 7th Illinois Cavalry
 * 11th Illinois Cavalry
 * 1st Connecticut Cavalry
 * 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry
 * 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry
 * 6th Ohio Cavalry
 * 9th Ohio Cavalry
 * 1st Massachusetts Cavalry