Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have one of about 500 Lindner carbines made by Amoskeag Manufacturing in early 1863. Edward Lindner’s breech-loading design featured a screw-sleeve locking system. The U.S. government issued 297 of these to the 8th West Virginia Mounted Infantry. They used them in skirmishes against Confederate forces between August and November 1863. That’s it. Done. The Lindner Carbine saw limited action and disappeared.
The carbine shares fittings with Amoskeag’s Special Model 1861 rifle-musket – same lock, trigger guard, buttplate. Flip-up two-leaf rear sight and fixed blade front. Saddle ring on the left stock for cavalry use. By 1863, Spencer and Sharps carbines were proving themselves in combat. The government wasn’t interested in unproven alternatives. The 8th West Virginia’s brief field trials weren’t enough. The Lindner worked, but “works” doesn’t cut it when proven weapons are available.
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“Civil War U.S. Amoskeag First Type Lindner Saddle Ring Carbine.” Rock Island Auction, www.rockislandauction.com/detail/4095/254/civil-war-us-amoskeag-first-type-lindner-saddle-ring-carbine. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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