LeMat Revolver
LeMat Revolver
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- Description
- French physician Jean Alexandre LeMat, an in-law of Confederate P.G.T. Beauregard, developed the nine-shot.40 caliber LeMat, with a 16-gauge shotgun barrel. Nearly 3,000 were shipped to the South.
- Object Name
- revolver
- Other Terms
- revolver; Firearms; Percussion Fire;.41 In; Rs; Muzzle Load; 2B; Sa
- date made
- 1856 - 1865
- licensee
- LeMat
- place made
- France
- used
- United States
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 14 in x 1 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 35.56 cm x 4.445 cm
- ID Number
- AF.207718
- catalog number
- 207718
- accession number
- 37097
- subject
- Firearms
- Civil War
- 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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