McClellan's Colt Model 1861 Navy Revolver
name: label: user
content: McClellan, George B.
label: patentee
content: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
label: maker
content: Colt's Firearms Company
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: United States Colt M1861 Navy revolver, .36 caliber, backstrap is engraved “Maj. Gen. G. B. McClellan / with Compliments of Col. Colt”.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: This lighter, smaller-caliber Navy model was popular with ranking army officers, including General George McClellan. The revolver was a present to McClellan from Samuel Colt, famed fire arms manufacturer.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hon. George B. McClellan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.32016B
label: catalog number
content: 32016B
label: accession number
content: 68019
objectType: label: Object Name
content: revolver
label: Object Name
content: revolver, percussion
label: Other Terms
content: revolver; Firearms; Navy; Percussion Fire; .36 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; 2B; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 13 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 33.655 cm x 3.81 cm