Object Details
- associated person
- Butler, Benjamin
- patentee
- Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
- Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
- Description
- In total, over 19,000 six-shot .44 caliber First, Second and Third Model Colt Dragoon revolvers were produced between 1848 and 1861. Many were purchased for military issue by both the U.S. and individual state government and were used during the Civil War. This particular revolver is one of a pair owned by Benjamin F. Butler. Butler served in the Massachusetts state militia in the 1840s and 50s, and became a Major General of Volunteers in the U.S. Army during the Civil War.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Ames Stevens
- ca 1851
- ID Number
- AF.79225M
- catalog number
- 79225M
- accession number
- 317939
- serial number
- 10603
- Object Name
- revolver
- revolver, percussion
- Other Terms
- revolver; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .44 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; 2B; Sa
- Measurements
- overall: 5 3/4 in x 14 in x 1 3/4 in; 14.605 cm x 35.56 cm x 4.445 cm
- place made
- United States
- associated place
- United States: Massachusetts
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- Revolvers
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Firearms
- Civil War
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_418504
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-1997-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
