"One last thing. I am under an assumption that the "Mountain Boomers" (2nd Colo Cav) got rid of these pesky carbines and revolvers and accepted issue of "something else" later in 1864. Can anyone verify this, and tell me what the "something else" was? Or, did I dream that part?"
Bruce,
You did not dream that. I read it also somewhere but I am having a senior moment. As soon as the brain clears up, I will try to back track and see if I can find what I read before. FC