The Spencer repeating rifle was designed in 1860 by Christopher Spencer. Christopher Spencer was born in 1833 and died in 1922. He was born in Manchester, Massachusetts. He was a machinist in Hartford, Connecticut. He designed and built the Spencer Repeater. The Spencer Repeater is a rifle. A rifle is a weapon, especially one that fires from shoulder height, with a long spiral fluted barrel intended to spin a projectile and thus have greater accuracy over a long distance. A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder. They were mainly used in warfare, hunting and shooting sports. The Spencer had a wooden shoulder with an integral straight grip. In front of the receiver there was a flip-up type sight. The trigger unit was under the grip and also served as a trigger guard. The Spencer had a very thin barrel. The length of the barrel was approximately twenty to thirty inches. The Spencer was used often by the Union because it reloaded easily and because it was very accurate for a weapon that repeated from any position, prone or mounted. The Spencer repeating rifle fired...