The Colt single-action revolver belonged to Captain ... Moylan fought to save the Union at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during ...

On both sides, the Civil War boasted men who were brilliant and charismatic—and ... McClellan's Coat Worn at Antietam National Museum of American History McClellan's Colt Model 1861 Navy Revolver ...

Samuel Colt died only a year into the Civil War, but his company continued to produce new, deadlier models. The 1860 Army Colt shot .44 caliber bullets, which did much more damage. And by the time ...

Samuel Colt developed the first mass-produced ... Introduced at the start of the Civil War, Spencer repeating guns were technically advanced, used cartridges (a recent development), and could ...

The Union primarily relied on Colt and Remington to produce their ... more than just tools of war over the years. Following the Civil War many of these guns were passed down as family heirlooms ...