Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver
name: 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 Model 1860 Army revolver, .44 caliber.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The Colt Model 1860 army revolver was manufactured from 1860 through 1873. The total production consisted of more than 200,000. The six-shot, .44-caliber revolver was the primary handgun used by Union troops during the Civil War because of its reliability.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.209337
label: catalog number
content: 209337
label: serial number
content: 9524
label: accession number
content: 37533
objectType: label: Object Name
content: revolver
label: Other Terms
content: revolver; Firearms; Army; Percussion Fire; .44 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: 5 1/4 in x 14 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 13.335 cm x 36.195 cm x 3.81 cm