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The name originates with a rifle built by [[James Purdey]] in [[1856]] (based on a pattern established a year earlier by William Greener) and na

* [[1856]] — [[Robert Adams]], after a falling out with the Deane brothers, fo

...ott/ Dred Scott, Plaintiff in Error, v. John F.A. Sandford. December Term, 1856]</ref> - The court ruled Scott did not enjoy the protection of the Bill of

...ed in political battles, and ultimately civil war, in the aftermath of the 1856 Supreme Court decision Dred Scott v. Sandford that denied Negroes the full ...States Supreme Court"''</ref> In ''Dred Scott v. Sandford'', 60 U.S. 393 (1856) (the "Dred Scott Decision"), the Supreme Court indicated that: "It would g

...bert, described an improvised grenade employed during the Crimea War (1854-1856):

|content= * [[1856]] &mdash; [[Samuel Colt]] married Elizabeth Jarvis, the daughter of the Rev

*[[LeMat Revolver]] (Confederate States of America - Revolver - 1856)

...solved both major problems of muzzle-loading rifles. The Crimean War (1853-1856) saw the first widespread use of the rifle as weapon for the common infantr

...better known as the [[Volcanic Repeating Arms Company]], in [[1850]]. By [[1856]], Winchester had positioned himself as the principal stockholder in the co

...on, better known as the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company, in [[1850]]. By [[1856]], Winchester had positioned himself as the principal stockholder in the co

...d a new arms concern, the [[London Armoury Company]], on [[February 9]], [[1856]]. Another important stockholder was Adams' cousin, James Kerr, who later

...e in 1831; and remained quite modest in size until the Crimean War of 1853/1856, which resulted in vastly increased production. By 1856 a machine shop was built on [[United States|American]] mass-production line

...essional life Colt wanted to also enjoy his personal one. On [[June 5]], [[1856]] he married Elizabeth Jarvis, the daughter of the Reverend William Jarvis,

...ngland Emigrant Aid Society, of whom it was written in a [[February 8]], [[1856]], article in the ''New York Tribune'':

In 1856, the partners left the Volcanic Company to begin a new company and to manuf

After 1856 he began production of his third model double trigger revolver, with a more *[http://www.antiquestopic.com/tranter-1856-army-revolver/ Tranter 1856 army revolver]

... the [[Smith & Wesson]] Revolver Company. Volcanic moved to New Haven in [[1856]], but by the end of that year became insolvent. Oliver Winchester purchase

...Model 1853. All Sharps rifles were manufactured in Windsor until [[October 1856]]. Christian Sharps left the company in [[1853]]; Richard S. Lawrence conti

...- [http://hlebooks.com/patents/burnside/burn01.htm US Patent no. 14,491 of 1856]

...- [http://hlebooks.com/patents/burnside/burn01.htm US Patent no. 14,491 of 1856]