Spencer Rifle

The Spencer Rifle was a rifle used by both sides.

Rifle
The Spencer was invented by Christopher Spencer in 1860, using an adverse clip: a thin cylinder containing 7 rounds. It was used by both sides during the civil war, but mostly by the Union, as Spencer presented the rifle to Lincoln, and impressed him. It was used extensively during the Tullahoma Campaign in Tennessee by the Union, and during the Gettsyburg Campaign at the Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Hanover. It went out of production in 1869, when the Spencer Company ran out of business.