CIVIL WAR CDV PHOTO OF PATENT MODEL MULTI - BARREL ARTILLERY PIECE. REQUA GUN
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:52303555 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Year: 1861-1865 | Organization: Inventors & Geniuses |
Here is an unique Civil War period carte-de-visite (CDV) photograph of a patent model, multi-barrel, light artillery piece based closely on the multi-barrel Bilinghurst-Requa Battery (machine gun). During the American Civil War inventors all over the country were presenting rapid fire weapons to the government. CDV measures 3-1/2" by 2-1/2". The reverse side is blank.
