![]() ![]() It is our belief that the revolver presented here was carried by a Native American, either a Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne or Arapaho warrior, or a U.S. Each of Custer's cavalrymen carried a Colt Single Action Army as his sidearm, although several individual soldiers, including Custer himself, were known to have carried other makes of cartridge revolver. By the time of the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, percussion revolvers such as this were obsolete, with the Colt Single Action Army being adopted as the standard military sidearm in 1872. The writer's description of the weapon being found near a "white man's bones" requires deeper examination. A white man's bones were around the gun, the skull (which Brown took to camp and used as a soap dish) was about 1 foot from the gun at the head of a small coolie." The writer's identification of the revolver as a "Colt's" is understandable, as by far the most popular and iconic revolvers of the nineteenth century were manufactured by Colt, causing the name to be widely used as a generic term for this type of weapon. Brown a cowboy while riding for cattle on the Custer Battlefield on the Little Horn River, Mont, June 1903. In part: "This 44 Colt's was found by C.C. 4to., drafted by the individual who purchased the piece from its original discoverer at that time. ![]() The weapon was recovered from the Little Bighorn Battlefield at the beginning of the twentieth century, and is accompanied by a contemporary manuscript statement, 1p. The trigger mechanism also appears to be non-functional. The revolver is in relic condition, with its grips absent, oxidized overall, with numerous heavy gouges to the cylinder. The serial number "121565" appears on the left side of the frame at the butt. Remington & Sons, Ilion, New York, U.S.A. 44-caliber Remington Model 1858 percussion revolver, 8" barrel, 14" overall, marked on the top of the barrel: "Patented Sept. REMINGTON MODEL 1858 REVOLVER, RECOVERED FROM THE LITTLE BIGHORN BATTLEFIELD ![]()
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