Sold IMPORTANT CIVIL WAR LAFAUCHEUX 11MM PINFIRE REVOLVER

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WE DO NOT NORMALLY DEAL IN CIVIL WAR ERA ARMS BUT WE DO GET THEM IN ONCE IN A WHILE IF WE CAN GET A GOOD STORY WITH THEM. THIS PARTICULAR PIECE HAS RESIDED IN THE ROBERT E LEE HEADQUARTERS MUSEUM IN GETTYSBURG SINCE AT LEAST THE 1940’S. IT WAS A PICKED UP ON THE GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD BY A LOCAL DURING THE CLEANUP OF THE MESS THE DAY AFTER FIGHTING PRETTY MUCH WAS OVER. THIS IS A LAFAUCHEUX 11MM PINFIRE REVOVLER, PRACTICALLY THE POSTER CHILD OF A BLOCKADE RUN CONFEDERATE PISTOL. THIS WAS IN FACT THE SIDEARM OF STONEWALL JACKSON. THEY WERE ALSO IN USE WITH CERTAIN UNITS OF FEDERAL CALVARY AS WELL. THIS PISTOL IS CONFIRMED TO BE IN THE CIVIL WAR SERIAL RANGE. IT COMES WITH A WEALTH OF DOCUMENTATION AS TO ITS HISTORY. THIS IS A VERY HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT ARTIFACT AND I FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORT TO OFFER TO MY CLIENTS AS I AM CERTAIN THAT ONE OF THEM MAY WISH TO BECOME THE CARETAKER OF THIS PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY.