Kerr Revolver
name: label: patentee
content: Kerr, James
label: maker
content: London Armoury Company
notes: label: Description
content: The five-shot .44 caliber Kerr revolver was manufactured in England by the London Armoury Company and could be fired either single or double-action. Nearly all Kerr revolvers imported during the Civil War were purchased by the Confederacy and were preferred by many Confederate cavalrymen.
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: web subject
content: Firearms
label: web subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
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content: Revolvers
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Commander Clark E. Kauffman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.70814M
label: catalog number
content: 70814M
label: accession number
content: 278038
objectType: label: Object Name
content: revolver
label: Other Terms
content: revolver; Firearms; Navy; Percussion Fire; .45 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; 2B; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 11 in x 1 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 27.94 cm x 3.81 cm