Cosmopolitan Arms Co.

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Cosmopolitan Arms Co.		Hamilton	Ohio	1859	1865

Patent	Date	Remarks

Contract	for
State of Illinois	1140 carbines

Product
Carbines sold by Cosmopolitan Arms Co. and those of Gwyn & Campbell, both in additional often marked and refered to as Union are quite identical but there are some differences. Especially the lever. o. Produced were. 1 - stransition or experimental guns Type I Long Sight Model, Type II Short Sight Model 2 - first Model Type II 3 - second Model Type II 4 - third Model which was used during the Civil War Cosmopolitan Arms Co. supplied rifles to the following troops: 2nd & 3rd Arkansas 5th, 6th & 16th Illinois 3rd & 4th Indiana 4th & 8th Iowa 2nd, 6th & 14th Kansas 10th, 12th, 14th & 40th Kentucky 4th & 8th Missouri 5th & 8th Ohio 7th Tennessee 3rd Wisconsin 1140 carbines were issued to the 5th and 6th Illinois Cavalry. .45 caliber percussion, sporting rifle .50 caliber percussion, carbine .52 Caliber percussion. single shot rifle. Production about 100. .52 caliber percussion carbine, marked COSMOPOLITAN ARMS CO. HAMILTON, O, U.S.A. and GROSS PATENT 1859 on lock, round barrel, saddle ring mount on the left side, most likely the Illinois contract carbine .52 caliber percussion carbine, used a .52 caliber linen cartridge, 20" part octagonal barrel, marked COSMOPOLITAN ARMS CO HAMILTON.O. U.S/GROSS'PATENT/1859 and UNION / RIFLE on the right side of the action. A variation of the Illinois contract carbine ? right side During the Civil War more than 5 million cartridges supplied by Gwyn & Cambell owners of Cosmopolitan Arms Co. No labeled package have been identified. It appears that some cartridge were wrapped with linen to strength. Some had a simple wrapped linen case closed with a piece of thin paper. 1,204,000 cartridges produced by the St. Louis Arsenal in 1864 were of this simple wrapped linen type.

Product

Carbines sold by Cosmopolitan Arms Co. and those of Gwyn & Campbell, both in additional often marked and refered to as Union are quite identical but there are some differences. Especially the lever.

o. Produced were.
1 - stransition or experimental guns Type I Long Sight Model, Type II Short Sight Model
2 - first Model Type II
3 - second Model Type II
4 - third Model which was used during the Civil War

Cosmopolitan Arms Co. supplied rifles to the following troops:
2nd & 3rd Arkansas
5th, 6th & 16th Illinois
3rd & 4th Indiana
4th & 8th Iowa
2nd, 6th & 14th Kansas
10th, 12th, 14th & 40th Kentucky
4th & 8th Missouri
5th & 8th Ohio
7th Tennessee
3rd Wisconsin

1140 carbines were issued to the 5th and 6th Illinois Cavalry.

.45 caliber percussion, sporting rifle

.50 caliber percussion, carbine

.52 Caliber percussion. single shot rifle. Production about 100.

.52 caliber percussion carbine, marked COSMOPOLITAN ARMS CO. HAMILTON, O, U.S.A. and GROSS PATENT 1859 on lock, round barrel, saddle ring mount on the left side, most likely the Illinois contract carbine

.52 caliber percussion carbine, used a .52 caliber linen cartridge, 20" part octagonal barrel, marked COSMOPOLITAN ARMS CO HAMILTON.O. U.S/GROSS'PATENT/1859 and UNION / RIFLE on the right side of the action. A variation of the Illinois contract carbine ?

right side

During the Civil War more than 5 million cartridges supplied by Gwyn & Cambell owners of Cosmopolitan Arms Co. No labeled package have been identified. It appears that some cartridge were wrapped with linen to strength. Some had a simple wrapped linen case closed with a piece of thin paper. 1,204,000 cartridges produced by the St. Louis Arsenal in 1864 were of this simple wrapped linen type.