Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver owned by Frank E. Brownell
date: label: date made
content: 1860
name: label: user
content: Brownell, Frank E.
label: referenced
content: Ellsworth, Elmer E.
label: licensee
content: Colt, Samuel
label: maker
content: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Frank E. Brownell donated this .44-caliber Colt 1860 Army revolver, Serial No. 1987, to the Smithsonian. It has a fluted cylinder and "ELLSWORTH" engraved on the backstrap. Colt factory records indicate it was delivered to Governor William Dennsion of Ohio. Brownell became something of a celebrity as the avenger of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth, who was killed at the Marshall House hotel in Alexandria, VA, on May 24, 1861. It is likely that Governor Dennison presented the revolver to Frank Brownell.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: 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: Frank E. Brownell
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Frank E. Brownell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.6961
label: catalog number
content: 6961
label: accession number
content: 30411
label: serial number
content: 1987
objectType: label: Object Name
content: revolver
label: Other Terms
content: revolver; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .44 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; 2B; Sa