This carbine is marked "GREENE RIFLE WORKS./WORCHESTER, MASS./PAT'D 1864." on the left side of the brass frame. Approximately 2,500 of these carbines were manufactured by Greene Rifle Works to fulfill James Warner's second U.S. contract and delivered between February-March of 1865. After the Civil War, the Warner carbines were sold as surplus and then Schuyler, Hartley & Graham resold them to France in 1870. This carbine has a round blade front sight, folding leaf rear sight with "3", "5", and "8" markings on the leaf (300-800 yards), a smooth walnut forearm, manual extractor, a straight wrist walnut buttstock, a saddle bar and ring on the left side of the frame, inspection initials "M.M" stamped on the left of the frame, on the buttplate tang and on top of the buttstock, "76" on the bottom of the barrel, bottom and top of the frame, and bottom of the breech block, "542" stamped on internal frame and breech block. Includes a copy of a May 1960 Gun Report with the article "The Warner Carbine" by Andrew F. Lustyik, and a copy of an October 1981 The American Society of Arms Collectors bulletin number 45 with the article "The Warner Carbine" by Robert Howard.

Exceptionally fine, with bright iron surfaces, highly attractive original golden aged patina on the brass, smooth gray and brown patina on the rear sight notch, hammer, and extractor lever, and mostly sharp markings and edges in the metal. The wood is fine, with an absent cracked section to the left of the upper frame tang, numerous scattered scratches and dings, and defined edges and inspection initials. Mechanically excellent. This exceptional Greene Rifle Works Warner patent carbine would make a fine addition to any Civil War firearms collection!