LeMat Revolver

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LeMat Revolver

Object Details

licensee

LeMat

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.

date made

1856 - 1865

ID Number

AF.207718

catalog number

207718

accession number

37097

Object Name

revolver

Other Terms

revolver; Firearms; Percussion Fire; .41 In; Rs; Muzzle Load; 2B; Sa

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

place made

France

used

United States

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Exhibition

Price of Freedom

Exhibition Location

National Museum of American History

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Firearms

web subject

Civil War

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