Hi SSS,
If you have any photos of individuals with their Spencer carbine or rifle from the Civil War or Indian War period, please post them here or send them to me as an Email attachment to fsgrand2@fairpoint.net and I will give you credit for the photo. It would be great if you could identify the individual and his military unit.
Please just post your Civil War or Indian War photo with Spencer, and any information you may have about the photo on this thread.
Thanks,
Two Flints
The inventor of the Spencer Firearm.
The Chickering Building located in Boston, Massachusetts at the corner of Tremont & Camden Streets became the only home of the Spencer Firearm Company from January 1862 to 1868.
Soldier on the left is Jeremiah Sullivan of Company L, 2nd Michigan Cavalry. Soldier on his right is not identified.
The first Medal of Honor awarded to a Buffalo Soldier was earned with Spencer Carbines. The Painting shows Sergeant Emanuel Stance (2nd from the left with Sgt. stripes)), Company F, Ninth Cavalry, the first Buffalo Soldier to win the Medal of Honor "for gallantry and good behavior" because of his reliance and confidence in using his Spencer Carbine in several engagements against Mescalero Apaches in May of 1870.