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The Tarpley Carbine was a Confederate weapon produced and used during the American Civil War however it was not produced in great numbers. The Tarpley Carbine was a breechloader and was comparable in this sense to the Sharps Rifle and Carbine more widely used by the Union.On Civil War Artillery there are some notes about the Carbine’s manufacture:The breech-loading carbine was invented and patented in Greensboro N.C. by Jere H. Tarpley. He received a C.S.A.