Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One of a pair of .44 caliber Colt Whitneyville Hartford Presentation Dragoon Revolvers, silver chased, presented to Brigadier General G. W. Morgan by the citizens of Knox Co., OH, for his service in the Mexican War.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- licensee
- Colt, Samuel
- associated person
- Morgan, George W.
- maker
- Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 14 in x 2 in; 13.97 cm x 35.56 cm x 5.08 cm
- overall: 14 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 in; 35.56 cm x 13.97 cm x 5.08 cm
- Object Name
- revolver
- revolver, percussion
- Other Terms
- revolver; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .44 In; Rifled; Muzzle Load; 2B; Sa
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