Object Details
- Griswold & Gunnison
- Description
- This six-shot .36 caliber revolver was made under contract to the Confederate government. It is a brass framed copy of the Colt 1851 Navy revolver. Connecticut Yankee Samuel Griswold set up a cotton gin factory in Georgia in 1830. The village of Griswoldville grew around the factory. In 1862, Griswold produced pikes for volunteers from the state of Georgia. The factory soon began producing revolvers for the Confederacy. No other Confederate factory produced more revolvers than Griswold & Gunnison. Griswoldville was the first town burned by Sherman's troops on his march to the sea.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- M. B. Joseph
- ca 1862
- ID Number
- AF.300848
- catalog number
- 300848
- accession number
- 61709
- serial number
- 1720
- Object Name
- revolver
- revolver, percussion
- Other Terms
- revolver; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .36 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; 2B; Sa
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 13 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 13.97 cm x 34.29 cm x 3.81 cm
- place made
- United States: Georgia
- United States: Confederate States of America
- 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_417600
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-1f0e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
