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Title
James
A.
Garfield
Colt
Navy
Revolver
Subject
Military Ohio
Presidents and Politics
Civil War
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Handguns
Arms & armament
Place
Mentor (Ohio)
Lake County (Ohio)
Description
This.44-caliber
Colt
Navy
revolver
belonged
to
General
James
A.
Garfield
,
who
later
became
twentieth
president
of the
United
States
.
Although
Garfield
had
no
formal
military
training
or
experience
, he
enlisted
in
1861
in
support
of the
Union
.
Garfield
was also an
effective
recruiter
for the
Union
army
,
tapping
the
student
population
at
Hiram
College
and
members
from the
churches
where
he
preached
at the
outset
of the
Civil
war
. The
gun
measures
14.17
"
x
1.97
"
(36
x
5
cm)
. The
Colt
Company
of
New
York
was the
primary
supplier
of
handguns
during
the
Civil
War
.
Colt's
pistols
were
among
the
best
revolvers
available
at the
time
. This
model
,
produced
between
1853
and
1857
,
is
a
six-cylinder
steel
gun
with a
walnut
grip
. The
grip
frame
and
trigger
guard
are
silver-plated
brass
. The
cylinder
is
engraved
with a
battle
scene
featuring
American
Indians
and
is
signed
"
W.L
.
Ormsby.
"
Creator
Colt Company
Date of Original
1853
-
1857
circa
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
Submitting Institution
Western Reserve Historical Society
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om502_1035081_001.tif
Image Height
645
Image Width
1389
File Size
174.994 KB
Format
picture
;
objects
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