Object Details
- Description
- French physician Jean Alexandre LeMat, an in-law of Confederate P.G.T. Beauregard, developed the nine-shot .40 caliber LeMat, with a 16-gauge shotgun barrel. Nearly 3,000 were shipped to the South.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- licensee
- LeMat
- date made
- 1856 - 1865
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 14 in x 1 3/4 in; 15.24 cm x 35.56 cm x 4.445 cm
- Object Name
- revolver
- Other Terms
- revolver; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .41 In; Rs; Muzzle Load; 2B; Sa
