In 1858, Ebenezer Townsend Starr started his ... First, the Civil War ended in April 1865, and so did the contracts for the weapons. Second, Eben Starr seemed to have problems with timely ...

Not as well-made as the Remington and Colt, both of which were also used in the Civil War ... Ebenezer Townsend Starr, was a third-generation arms-maker with antecedents to the Revolutionary War.