Tranter Revolver presented to J. E. B. Stuart
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
name: label: user
content: Stuart, J. E. B.
label: presenter
content: von Borcke, Heros
label: licensee
content: Tranter
label: maker
content: Tranter, William
notes: label: Description
content: Not long after the Battle of Chancellorsville, Confederate Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart received this English-made Tranter revolver from Maj. Heroes Von Borcke, a Prussian officer who served as Stuart's chief of staff.
label: Description
content: The .45 caliber six-shot double action percussion revolver, serial number 8673T, was made by William Tranter of Birmingham England. It came in a case with all the accoutrements, including a bullet mold, cleaning rod, nipple wrench, lubricated bullets, lubricant, and percussion caps.
label: Description
content: The lid of the case is inscribed: "Lt. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, C. S. A./ From Heroes von Borcke/ Culpeper, Va. June 1863." Following "Stonewall" Jackson's death in May of 1863, von Borcke was convinced Stuart would be promoted to Lieutenant General. Stuart never received the promotion because he was wounded in action at Yellow Tavern on May 11, 1864 and died the next day.
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Grand Bretagne
topic: 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: National Treasures exhibit
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: William G. Renwick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.245168.106A
label: accession number
content: 245168
label: catalog number
content: 245168.106
label: collector/donor number
content: R0793
label: serial number
content: 8673T
objectType: label: Object Name
content: revolver
label: Other Terms
content: Firearms; Percussion Fire; .45 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; 2B; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in; 30.48 cm
label: Measurements
content: barrel: 6 in; 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 5 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 13.97 cm x 3.81 cm