Object Details
- Description
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- user
- Brownell, Frank E.
- referenced
- Ellsworth, Elmer E.
- licensee
- Colt, Samuel
- maker
- Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
- date made
- 1860
- Credit Line
- Frank E. Brownell
- Object Name
- revolver
- Other Terms
- revolver; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .44 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; 2B; Sa
