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  Accession Number:1998-440-1
Accession Date:
Condition:fair
Location:artifact storage, security closet
Keywords:Civil War, Samuel Colt, John Jackson Lindsay, Preston, MO, Co.B 8th Reg. Missouri State Militia Cavalry, Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Co.
Area of Origin:Hartford, Conn.
Period:ca 1860
Category:armament-firearm
Object:revolver
Maker:Samuel Colt factory
Description/History:Colt Army revolver, 44 calibre, used by John Jackson Lindsay in Co B, 8th Reg., Missouri State Militia Cavalry in the Civil War. Lindsay was from Preston, Hickory Co., MO. The revolver is made of parts with mismatched numbers, probably done when the Army quartermaster was cleaning and repairing revolvers and mixed the parts when reassembling the guns.Currently on display in the case in the Civil War gallery.
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