PUBLISHED GEORGIA SHIPPED COLT FLUTED MODEL 1860 ARMY REVOLVER

PUBLISHED GEORGIA SHIPPED COLT FLUTED MODEL 1860 ARMY REVOLVER

01-27784
Cal 44.
S# 2059.
Standard configuration, 8″ barrel with 1 line Hartford address, German silver blade front sight. 300 Colt army revolvers were shipped to State of Georgia ordered by Governor Joseph Brown December 27, 1860. This revolver was part of Charles Pate collection and pictured and described in his exemplary 2021 text “The Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver” in chapter on “Southern New Model Army Colts”. The 300 revolvers which this is one of the rare known survivors was probably issued to Phillip’s Legion Cavalry which served with Jeb Stuart in Virginia. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: Colt factory letters confirming shipment to State of Georgia, December 27, 1860 and configuration of revolver. Signed copy of the Charles Pate Colt Army book detailed this exact revolver.
STATUS: ANTIQUE