Guns International #: 103352046

Category - Civil War Revolvers - .45 Colt Revolvers

Category
Civil War Revolvers
.45 Colt Revolvers

Confederate Griswold & Gunnison Civil War revolver.

Description:
This pistol was made in 1864 by enslaved laborers in the Griswold and Gunnison pistol factory located in?Griswoldville, GA, about ten miles south of Macon, for use by Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War (1861–65). In 1862, when the Griswoldville factory began manufacturing pistols, its twenty-two machines were operated by twenty-four people, twenty-two of whom were enslaved. Over the course of the war, from 1862 until 1864, when the factory was destroyed in Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s (1820–1891) March to the Sea, it produced approximately 3,700 revolvers—more than any other Confederate firearm factory. Its importance to the Confederate war effort was acknowledged by a visit from the President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis

Antique: Yes
Handgun Caliber: .36
Manufacturer: Griswold & Gunnison
Model: Confederate
Serial Number: 2405
Condition: Good

Price: $18,750.00