The Model 1861 Colt Navy revolver was one of the more popular sidearms in the Civil War. The family of Colt Navy revolvers used a paper cartridge that consisted of black powder and a lead bullet.

The Model 1861 Colt Navy revolver was one of the more popular sidearms in the Civil War. The family of Colt Navy revolvers used a paper cartridge that consisted of black powder and a lead bullet.

The solid-frame 1858 Remington Army and Navy revolvers were among the sturdiest and handsomest of Civil War revolvers and easily (if clumsily) transitioned to the cartridge era.

A Civil War-era revolver that belonged to Pvt. Daniel S. Yohn, a member of the famed First Defenders, is on display at the Berks History Center, 940 Centre Ave.

Retropolis Black men weren’t allowed guns in the early Civil War. He fired one anyway. Lewis A. Bell, who fired a gun at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff in Virginia in 1861, is believed to be the ...

Illinois Civil War volunteers took up arms in the Union Army, serving in the infantry, cavalry or artillery. Horace Safford Brown chose the Navy. ... ironclads to test their guns and gunnery ...