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Smithsonians National Museum of American History is the
single repository for the institutions extensive collection
of Civil War small arms. Its collections include both weapons
issued by the tens of thousands to federal soldiers as well
as such rare Confederate arms as the Tarpley carbine, of which
only a few hundred were made. In addition, the Smithsonian has
acquired a collection of guns and swords owned by many of the
major figures of the antebellum and Civil War eras, including
John Brown, Ambrose E. Burnside, Abraham Lincoln, George B.
McClellan, and J. E. B. Stuart.
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