Object Details
- licensee
- LeMat
- 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.
- 1856 - 1865
- ID Number
- AF.207718
- catalog number
- 207718
- accession number
- 37097
- Object Name
- revolver
- Other Terms
- revolver; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .41 In; Rs; Muzzle Load; 2B; Sa
- 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
- place made
- France
- used
- United States
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Military
- ThinkFinity
- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Firearms
- web subject
- Civil War
- related event
- Civil War
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- Record ID
- nmah_416556
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-1656-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
