| Lincoln personally tested the Spencer and Henry in the summer of 1861, possibly as early as June, and he was responsible for prompting all breechloader orders placed by the Ordnance Department that year. |
| It was like moving from a muzzleloader to a breechloader, because the rate of fire increased so dramatically. |
| The Honourable, when he went over the farm with his breechloader, invariably came in and drank a glass of the small beer. |
| P Ames in Massachusetts and Philadelphian Henry Deringer of pocket-pistol fame, and rifle and carbine variants of the unique Jenks sidehammer breechloader. |
| The chief lesson taught by the engagement is the tremendous power of the breechloader in steady hands. |
| It was the first military breechloader and first percussion firearm adopted for general issue by any country. |
