McClellan's Colt Model 1861 Navy Revolver
McClellan's Colt Model 1861 Navy Revolver
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- Description
- Physical Description
- United States Colt M1861 Navy revolver,.36 caliber, backstrap is engraved “Maj. Gen. G. B. McClellan / with Compliments of Col. Colt”.
- General History
- This lighter, smaller-caliber Navy model was popular with ranking army officers, including General George McClellan. The revolver was a present to McClellan from Samuel Colt, famed fire arms manufacturer.
- Object Name
- revolver
- revolver, percussion
- Other Terms
- revolver; Firearms; Navy; Percussion Fire;.36 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; 2B; Sa
- user
- McClellan, George B.
- patentee
- Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
- maker
- Colt's Firearms Company
- Place Made
- United States
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 in x 13 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 33.655 cm x 3.81 cm
- ID Number
- AF.32016B
- catalog number
- 32016B
- accession number
- 68019
- Credit Line
- Hon. George B. McClellan
- subject
- Firearms
- Civil War
- Civil War and Reconstruction
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- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
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- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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