LeMat Revolver
date: label: date made
content: 1856 - 1865
name: label: licensee
content: LeMat
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: place made
content: France
label: used
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: web subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.207718
label: catalog number
content: 207718
label: accession number
content: 37097
objectType: label: Object Name
content: revolver
label: Other Terms
content: revolver; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .41 In; Rs; Muzzle Load; 2B; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 14 in x 1 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 35.56 cm x 4.445 cm