Revolver

Object Name:

Revolver

Object ID:

2012.031.03

Creator:

Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company

Place of Origin:

Hartford, CT

Date:

1862

Description:

Revolver, Colt Navy Model 1861, used by James H. Marshall in Civil War. Cap and ball, .36-caliber. Six-shot, single-action percussion. Steel barrel with brass trigger guard and grip strap. Walnut handle. "COLTS PATENT No. 6491 / PAT. SEPT 10th 1850" stamped on top of cylinder. "-ADDRESS COL. SAML. COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA-" stamped on top of barrel. "COLTS / PATENT" stamped on left side of frame. "116491" stamped on bottom of trigger guard and handle.

Material:

Metal
Steel
Wood
Walnut

Dimensions:

H-5.5 W-1.6 L-13.5 inches

Provenance:

One of a group of weapons and accessories used in the Civil War by James Hopkins Marshall, who was born May 22, 1840, in Nashua, NH, the son of John F. and Fanny J. (Hopkins) Marshall. In 1854 Marshall moved to Milwaukee, WI, working for his uncle R. H. Pearson, where he remained until 1857 when he returned to study at the Nashua High School. In 1858 he moved to Boston to work in the crockery store of his uncle George L. Marshall. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 he enlisted as a Private, Co. F, First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. After three months service and honorable discharge he enlisted as a Sergeant, Co. B, 8th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers, in late 1861. He was promoted to Sergeant Major and Musician, Co. B., 1863; to Lieutenant, Co. G, 1864; and to Captain, Co. C, 1865. In 1870 Marshall became superintendent of the Cambric Mill at Webster, MA. He died of consumption on August 23, 1878, at Webster.

The collection was acquired by Charles Gilman from Zeke Liverant, antique dealer, Colchester, CT, in 1962.

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Gilman

People:

Marshall, James Hopkins (1840-1878)

Subjects:

Civil War, Revolvers, Firearms, War, Armament