the New Yorker’s revolver failed to fire and he in return was shot through the lungs by the Confederate. The Union cavalryman died of his wounds a few days later. The .44-cal. Model 1860 Colts ...

Between 1860 and 1862, the Remington factory manufactured ... Pennsylvania cavalries were partially armed with Remington revolvers. Confederate Col. John S. Mosby and his men were able to obtain ...

Jesse James lived by the revolver ... Samuel Colt died only a year into the Civil War, but his company continued to produce new, deadlier models. The 1860 Army Colt shot .44 caliber bullets ...

NASHVILLE -- The Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver may be a prevalent Civil War weapon, but the one Gene Ferguson carried onto the set of NRA Gun Gurushad a back story like no other. As the cameras ...

The best of both worlds: the shotgun-pistol revolver The LeMat revolver was a curious invention from the 1850s, used by the Confederate ... of the much lighter Colt 1860. 6. Up, up, and away ...

RICHMOND, Va. (CBS/WTVR/AP) A Civil War revolver that was stolen 35 years ago from the Museum of the Confederacy has turned up again. Collections Manager Catherine Wright tells CBS affiliate WTVR ...

For example, while more than 10 Colt revolvers and pistols were used in the war, we have listed only one here. Click here to see 22 guns that helped fight the Civil War The guns of the Civil War ...

The LeMat revolver is one of the interesting curiosities of the Civil War, a revolver with a shotgun barrel in the center, hence the nickname “grapeshot revolver.” It was invented in 1856 by ...

Daniel S. Yohn and is engraved on the butt and backstrap to read “Presented to D.S. Yohn 1861 by His Bro W.Y.” A rare Civil War-era revolver is now part of the Berks History Center's collection.

(Rock Island Auction Company) A revolver worn by Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis on the day of his surrender fetched a pretty penny at an auction Saturday, which ...