His approval led to the purchase of 107,372 Spencer repeating carbines and rifles (of 144,500 made), and the Spencer became the principal repeating gun of the Civil War. 1861 - Breech loaded guns ...
They were armed with Spencer repeating rifles and they filled the man with bullets before he had a chance to rise from his chair. Some said the victim, Maj. James Bridgewater, was the leader of a ...