Tallassee Historical Preservation Society's Mack Landrum and Bob Reed talk about the organization's latest fundraiser, which took just many years to bring to fruition.

Several years ago, Bill Anthony suggested that the Talisi Historical Preservation Society (THPS) manufacture some Tallassee Carbines. Out of that dream, realized only after Anthony’s death, came 15 historically accurate replicas of the famed Tallassee Carbine.

According to various sources, manufacture of the original carbines began in late 1864 in what is now called the Tallassee Armory. They were developed after the British .58 caliber Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket. The barrel was shortened to make it a lighter weight carbine.