Only 1,500 of these Third Models were manufactured by the Burnside Rifle Company in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1862. They were designed by General Ambrose E. Burnside and improved by George P. Foster. Burnside carbines received strong reviews in antebellum trials and from Civil War battlefields. Burnside himself did not have the best record during the Civil War and is probably most famous for being the origin of "sideburns" which were popularly known as "burnsides" in the era. The third model differs from the second model in that it has the addition of a wood forearm, and it retains a solid breechblock unlike the fourth and fifth models with a hinged breechblock. It has a pinched blade front sight, notch and folding leaf rear sight (graduated for 100, 300, and 500 yards), "CAST STEEL 1861" on the top of the barrel, "BURNSIDE'S PATENT/MARCH 25TH, 1856." on top of the action, the matching serial number on the receiver, breechblock, and underneath the barrel, "2774" marked inside the replacement forearm, "BURNSIDE RIFLE Co./PROVIDENCE=R.I." on the lock plate, a faded illegible cartouche on the left side of the stock, and "O.B.G." on top of the comb of the stock. Provenance: The George Moller Collection