Ridgeway Civil War Research Center, A virtual examination of artifacts of the American Civil War
	Civil War Weapons, all pre 1898
	by Harry Ridgeway

Six shot percussion revolver, Colt Model 1851 Navy, rounded cylinder, octagon barrel, address New York, .36 cal. . Colt, Model 1851 revolver, a percussion fired six shooter, .36 caliber, was originally designed for the Navy but widely utilized by others. Revolver was manufactured by Colt Firearms, Hartford Connecticut. Marks: Top of barrel is marked - ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW - YORK CITY -. Left frame is marked COLTS / PATENT Additional mark US means it was US Navy inspected. Cylinder was marked with a Naval scene, which is usually weak or worn away. Serial number appears seven times, underneath on both sections of frame, trigger guard, backstrap, cylinder, wedge, and inside on cylinder pin. Additional inspector marks may be found on trigger guard and other parts. Standard design employed an octagon barrel, creeping style loading lever, barrel and cylinder held in place and easily removed for loading by releasing removable wedge, three screws, rounded cylinder with notches, rounded brass trigger guard, brass back strap, walnut grips. Octagon barrel length 7.5 in. Research Center: Weapon4121-Revolver-Colt-36cal-Model-1851-Navy . Reference: Flayderman 5B-053. Details click: http://relicman.com/weapons/Weapon4121-Revolver-Colt-36cal-Model-1851-Navy.html

W1202 ### Six shot percussion revolver, Colt Model 1851 Navy, rounded cylinder, octagon barrel, address New York, .36 cal. (sn# 66546) . Colt, Model 1851 revolver, a percussion fired six shooter, .36 caliber, was originally designed for the Navy but widely utilized by others. Revolver was manufactured by Colt Firearms, Hartford Connecticut. Marks: Top of barrel is marked - ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW - YORK CITY -. Left frame is marked COLTS / PATENT Additional mark US means it was US Navy inspected. Cylinder was marked with a Naval scene, which is usually weak or worn away. Serial number appears seven times, underneath on both sections of frame, trigger guard, backstrap, cylinder, wedge, and inside on cylinder pin. Additional inspector marks may be found on trigger guard and other parts. Standard design employed an octagon barrel, creeping style loading lever, barrel and cylinder held in place and easily removed for loading by releasing removable wedge, three screws, rounded cylinder with notches, rounded brass trigger guard, brass back strap, walnut grips. Octagon barrel length 7.5 in. Research Center: Weapon4121-Revolver-Colt-36cal-Model-1851-Navy . Reference: Flayderman 5B-053. Wedge is replacement.

W1276 ### Six shot percussion revolver, Colt Model 1851 Navy, rounded cylinder, octagon barrel, address New York, .36 cal. (sn# 95606) . Colt, Model 1851 revolver, a percussion fired six shooter, .36 caliber, was originally designed for the Navy but widely utilized by others. Revolver was manufactured by Colt Firearms, Hartford Connecticut. Marks: Top of barrel is marked - ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW - YORK CITY -. Left frame is marked COLTS / PATENT Additional mark US means it was US Navy inspected. Cylinder was marked with a Naval scene, which is usually weak or worn away. Serial number appears seven times, underneath on both sections of frame, trigger guard, backstrap, cylinder, wedge, and inside on cylinder pin. Additional inspector marks may be found on trigger guard and other parts. Standard design employed an octagon barrel, creeping style loading lever, barrel and cylinder held in place and easily removed for loading by releasing removable wedge, three screws, rounded cylinder with notches, rounded brass trigger guard, brass back strap, walnut grips. Octagon barrel length 7.5 in. Research Center: Weapon4122-Revolver-Colt-36cal-Model-1851-Navy . Reference: Flayderman 5B-053. Additional inspector mark, on trigger guard and backstrap. Wedge is replacement.

W1406 ### Six shot percussion revolver, Colt Model 1851 Navy, rounded cylinder, octagon barrel, address New York, .36 cal. (sn# 96326) . Colt, Model 1851 revolver, a percussion fired six shooter, .36 caliber, was originally designed for the Navy but widely utilized by others. Revolver was manufactured by Colt Firearms, Hartford Connecticut. Marks: Top of barrel is marked - ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW - YORK CITY -. Left frame is marked COLTS / PATENT Additional mark US means it was US Navy inspected. Cylinder was marked with a Naval scene, which is usually weak or worn away. Serial number appears seven times, underneath on both sections of frame, trigger guard, backstrap, cylinder, wedge, and inside on cylinder pin. Additional inspector marks may be found on trigger guard and other parts. Standard design employed an octagon barrel, creeping style loading lever, barrel and cylinder held in place and easily removed for loading by releasing removable wedge, three screws, rounded cylinder with notches, rounded brass trigger guard, brass back strap, walnut grips. Octagon barrel length 7.5 in. Research Center: Weapon4122-Revolver-Colt-36cal-Model-1851-Navy . Reference: Flayderman 5B-053. Additional inspector mark, on trigger guard and backstrap.

W1430...P2098 ### Six shot percussion revolver, Colt Model 1851 Navy, rounded cylinder, octagon barrel, address New York, .36 cal. (sn# 100372) . Colt, Model 1851 revolver, a percussion fired six shooter, .36 caliber, was originally designed for the Navy but widely utilized by others. Revolver was manufactured by Colt Firearms, Hartford Connecticut. Marks: Top of barrel is marked - ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW - YORK CITY -. Left frame is marked COLTS / PATENT Additional mark US means it was US Navy inspected. Cylinder was marked with a Naval scene, which is usually weak or worn away. Serial number appears seven times, underneath on both sections of frame, trigger guard, backstrap, cylinder, wedge, and inside on cylinder pin. Additional inspector marks may be found on trigger guard and other parts. Standard design employed an octagon barrel, creeping style loading lever, barrel and cylinder held in place and easily removed for loading by releasing removable wedge, three screws, rounded cylinder with notches, rounded brass trigger guard, brass back strap, walnut grips. Octagon barrel length 7.5 in. Research Center: Weapon4123-Revolver-Colt-36cal-Model-1851-Navy . Reference: Flayderman 5B-053. Artifacts attributed to John Pendleton Grove, ancestor of Nathan Shreve Spitler. Artifacts include revolver with holster, sword belt with two part Louisiana sword plate, and other items. Tentative research is attached, the soldier was a member of a Virginia cavalry unit but apparently was utilizing a belt manufactured for a member of a Louisiana unit. The sword belt plate is photographed and described Plate 275, page 152, Confederate Belt Buckles and Plates, Expanded Edition, by Steve E Mullinax.. The revolver is Colt MOdel 1851 navy, .36 cal, civilian issue with engraving, serial number 100372. Old Courhouse Civil War Museum

W1404 ### Six shot percussion revolver, Colt Model 1851 Navy, rounded cylinder, octagon barrel, address New York, .36 cal. (sn# 103525) . Colt, Model 1851 revolver, a percussion fired six shooter, .36 caliber, was originally designed for the Navy but widely utilized by others. Revolver was manufactured by Colt Firearms, Hartford Connecticut. Marks: Top of barrel is marked - ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW - YORK CITY -. Left frame is marked COLTS / PATENT Additional mark US means it was US Navy inspected. Cylinder was marked with a Naval scene, which is usually weak or worn away. Serial number appears seven times, underneath on both sections of frame, trigger guard, backstrap, cylinder, wedge, and inside on cylinder pin. Additional inspector marks may be found on trigger guard and other parts. Standard design employed an octagon barrel, creeping style loading lever, barrel and cylinder held in place and easily removed for loading by releasing removable wedge, three screws, rounded cylinder with notches, rounded brass trigger guard, brass back strap, walnut grips. Octagon barrel length 7.5 in. Research Center: Weapon4123-Revolver-Colt-36cal-Model-1851-Navy . Reference: Flayderman 5B-053. Additional inspector mark, on trigger guard and backstrap.

W0925 ### Six shot percussion revolver, Colt Model 1851 Navy, rounded cylinder, octagon barrel, address New York, .36 cal. (sn# 108419) . Colt, Model 1851 revolver, a percussion fired six shooter, .36 caliber, was originally designed for the Navy but widely utilized by others. Revolver was manufactured by Colt Firearms, Hartford Connecticut. Marks: Top of barrel is marked - ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW - YORK CITY -. Left frame is marked COLTS / PATENT Additional mark US means it was US Navy inspected. Cylinder was marked with a Naval scene, which is usually weak or worn away. Serial number appears seven times, underneath on both sections of frame, trigger guard, backstrap, cylinder, wedge, and inside on cylinder pin. Additional inspector marks may be found on trigger guard and other parts. Standard design employed an octagon barrel, creeping style loading lever, barrel and cylinder held in place and easily removed for loading by releasing removable wedge, three screws, rounded cylinder with notches, rounded brass trigger guard, brass back strap, walnut grips. Octagon barrel length 7.5 in. Research Center: Weapon4123-Revolver-Colt-36cal-Model-1851-Navy . Reference: Flayderman 5B-053. Matching serial number, appears seven times, underneath on both sections of frame, trigger guard, backstrap, cylinder, wedge, and inside on cylinder pin. Additional inspector mark, 2 on trigger guard and backstrap.

W1248 ### Six shot percussion revolver, Colt Model 1851 Navy, rounded cylinder, octagon barrel, address New York, .36 cal. (sn# 112290) . Colt, Model 1851 revolver, a percussion fired six shooter, .36 caliber, was originally designed for the Navy but widely utilized by others. Revolver was manufactured by Colt Firearms, Hartford Connecticut. Marks: Top of barrel is marked - ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW - YORK CITY -. Left frame is marked COLTS / PATENT Additional mark US means it was US Navy inspected. Cylinder was marked with a Naval scene, which is usually weak or worn away. Serial number appears seven times, underneath on both sections of frame, trigger guard, backstrap, cylinder, wedge, and inside on cylinder pin. Additional inspector marks may be found on trigger guard and other parts. Standard design employed an octagon barrel, creeping style loading lever, barrel and cylinder held in place and easily removed for loading by releasing removable wedge, three screws, rounded cylinder with notches, rounded brass trigger guard, brass back strap, walnut grips. Octagon barrel length 7.5 in. Research Center: Weapon4123-Revolver-Colt-36cal-Model-1851-Navy . Reference: Flayderman 5B-053. Additional inspector mark on trigger guard. Matching serial number, appears seven times Metal appearance pleasing with clean grey patina, wood grips solid with usual dings and scratches from use, cylinder scene is very strong, mechanics fully functional. This weapon was recovered from the Seever House, 230 W Boscawen St, Winchester Virginia. It was found hidden inside the walls and was discovered during renovations in the 1990's. The house was used as union General Banks headquarters in the 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign, and it was owned by the Seever family, of which at least one son served in the Confederacy. The family had long since passed not knowing or not telling anybody of the gun, it could have been left by one of Banks men, it could have been hidden by the occupants during the war, it could have belonged to the Confederate veteran and hidden after the war during reconstruction, the full story is not likely to be determined. Ridgeway collection, Old Court House Civil War Museum, Winchester, Virginia.

W0889 ### Six shot percussion revolver, Colt Model 1851 Navy, rounded cylinder, octagon barrel, address New York, .36 cal. (sn# 118062) . Colt, Model 1851 revolver, a percussion fired six shooter, .36 caliber, was originally designed for the Navy but widely utilized by others. Revolver was manufactured by Colt Firearms, Hartford Connecticut. Marks: Top of barrel is marked - ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW - YORK CITY -. Left frame is marked COLTS / PATENT Additional mark US means it was US Navy inspected. Cylinder was marked with a Naval scene, which is usually weak or worn away. Serial number appears seven times, underneath on both sections of frame, trigger guard, backstrap, cylinder, wedge, and inside on cylinder pin. Additional inspector marks may be found on trigger guard and other parts. Standard design employed an octagon barrel, creeping style loading lever, barrel and cylinder held in place and easily removed for loading by releasing removable wedge, three screws, rounded cylinder with notches, rounded brass trigger guard, brass back strap, walnut grips. Octagon barrel length 7.5 in. Research Center: Weapon4123-Revolver-Colt-36cal-Model-1851-Navy . Reference: Flayderman 5B-053. Matching serial number appears seven times, wedge is matching.

W1238 ### Six shot percussion revolver, Colt Model 1851 Navy, rounded cylinder, octagon barrel, address New York, .36 cal. (sn# 126933) . Colt, Model 1851 revolver, a percussion fired six shooter, .36 caliber, was originally designed for the Navy but widely utilized by others. Revolver was manufactured by Colt Firearms, Hartford Connecticut. Marks: Top of barrel is marked - ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW - YORK CITY -. Left frame is marked COLTS / PATENT Additional mark US means it was US Navy inspected. Cylinder was marked with a Naval scene, which is usually weak or worn away. Serial number appears seven times, underneath on both sections of frame, trigger guard, backstrap, cylinder, wedge, and inside on cylinder pin. Additional inspector marks may be found on trigger guard and other parts. Standard design employed an octagon barrel, creeping style loading lever, barrel and cylinder held in place and easily removed for loading by releasing removable wedge, three screws, rounded cylinder with notches, rounded brass trigger guard, brass back strap, walnut grips. Octagon barrel length 7.5 in. Research Center: Weapon4123-Revolver-Colt-36cal-Model-1851-Navy . Reference: Flayderman 5B-053. Matching serial number, appears seven times and is abbreviated, numbers all match except the wedge, which is blank, wedge is a replacement. Additional mark 2 with each serial number, this is a factory mark but purpose has not been definitely determined, it may have been sold as part of a pair.

W1403 ### Six shot percussion revolver, Colt Model 1851 Navy, rounded cylinder, octagon barrel, address New York, .36 cal. (sn# 132533) . Colt, Model 1851 revolver, a percussion fired six shooter, .36 caliber, was originally designed for the Navy but widely utilized by others. Revolver was manufactured by Colt Firearms, Hartford Connecticut. Marks: Top of barrel is marked - ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW - YORK CITY -. Left frame is marked COLTS / PATENT Additional mark US means it was US Navy inspected. Cylinder was marked with a Naval scene, which is usually weak or worn away. Serial number appears seven times, underneath on both sections of frame, trigger guard, backstrap, cylinder, wedge, and inside on cylinder pin. Additional inspector marks may be found on trigger guard and other parts. Standard design employed an octagon barrel, creeping style loading lever, barrel and cylinder held in place and easily removed for loading by releasing removable wedge, three screws, rounded cylinder with notches, rounded brass trigger guard, brass back strap, walnut grips. Octagon barrel length 7.5 in. Research Center: Weapon4123-Revolver-Colt-36cal-Model-1851-Navy . Reference: Flayderman 5B-053. Matching serial number appears seven times and is abbreviated.

W0865 ### Six shot percussion revolver, Colt Model 1851 Navy, rounded cylinder, octagon barrel, address New York, .36 cal. (sn# 155324) . Colt, Model 1851 revolver, a percussion fired six shooter, .36 caliber, was originally designed for the Navy but widely utilized by others. Revolver was manufactured by Colt Firearms, Hartford Connecticut. Marks: Top of barrel is marked - ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW - YORK CITY -. Left frame is marked COLTS / PATENT Additional mark US means it was US Navy inspected. Cylinder was marked with a Naval scene, which is usually weak or worn away. Serial number appears seven times, underneath on both sections of frame, trigger guard, backstrap, cylinder, wedge, and inside on cylinder pin. Additional inspector marks may be found on trigger guard and other parts. Standard design employed an octagon barrel, creeping style loading lever, barrel and cylinder held in place and easily removed for loading by releasing removable wedge, three screws, rounded cylinder with notches, rounded brass trigger guard, brass back strap, walnut grips. Octagon barrel length 7.5 in. Research Center: Weapon4123-Revolver-Colt-36cal-Model-1851-Navy . Reference: Flayderman 5B-053. Matching serial number appears seven times and is abbreviated, wedge is matching

W1010 ### Six shot percussion revolver, Colt Model 1851 Navy, rounded cylinder, octagon barrel, address New York, .36 cal. (sn# 178027) . Colt, Model 1851 revolver, a percussion fired six shooter, .36 caliber, was originally designed for the Navy but widely utilized by others. Revolver was manufactured by Colt Firearms, Hartford Connecticut. Marks: Top of barrel is marked - ADDRESS SAML COLT NEW - YORK CITY -. Left frame is marked COLTS / PATENT Additional mark US means it was US Navy inspected. Cylinder was marked with a Naval scene, which is usually weak or worn away. Serial number appears seven times, underneath on both sections of frame, trigger guard, backstrap, cylinder, wedge, and inside on cylinder pin. Additional inspector marks may be found on trigger guard and other parts. Standard design employed an octagon barrel, creeping style loading lever, barrel and cylinder held in place and easily removed for loading by releasing removable wedge, three screws, rounded cylinder with notches, rounded brass trigger guard, brass back strap, walnut grips. Octagon barrel length 7.5 in. Research Center: Weapon4123-Revolver-Colt-36cal-Model-1851-Navy . Reference: Flayderman 5B-053. Matching serial number appears seven times and is matching. Trigger guard is marked 36CAL. Metal has been refinished.

This is the "Ridgeway Civil War Research Center", a research tool for educational purposes only, and is provided at no cost to the reader. Some of the relics listed are retained in the author's collection, most reside in other collections and are not owned by the author. None of the items listed in this section are for sale, please refer to relicman.com sales listings for items offered for sale. This is a work in progress, I list items as I get to them, there are many patterns that are not listed yet, this list will be regularly updated as I get pictures and descriptions for more items. I will also correct mistakes, so if you see any please tell me. All items listed are believed to be authentic to the Civil War or as otherwise described. Any excavated relics have been recovered from private property with owners permission.This information is available for research purposes, pictures may be used by permission only.

All weapons listed on this webpage are strictly manufactured before 1898, and are considered unsafe for actual use. These are antique collectible weapons of the Civil War (most are pre 1865, unless I state otherwise) and actual firing of these weapons is not recommended for any purpose whatsoever! Because these are all "pre 1898" weapons, no licenses are required for ownership, but common sense and good judgment should be applied.

Most information on this page is from:
Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms......
John Thillman series, "Civil War Cavalry & Artillery Sabers...", or "Civil War Army Swords....".

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