3049 PRESENTATION CIVIL WAR SMITH & WESSON ARMY

Category Firearms & Military
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 1,000.00 USD
Estimated at 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
REVOLVER, LT. CHARLES H. GEORGE, 76th NEW YORK INFANTRY. Cal. 32, S# 1631. Standard configuration of Smith & Wesson No. 2 Army revolver manufactured in 1861, 5" barrel, varnished rosewood grips, fine inscription on backstrap: "PRESENTED TO LIEUT C. H. GEORGE BY HIS FRIENDS AT SYRACUSE". Charles H. George (1839-1863). Charles, 22 years old enlisted December 13, 1861 at Cortland, NY as first Lieutenant in the 76th NY Volunteer Infantry. He would not survive the war dying of tuberculosis, which killed many during the war. The Syracuse Courier & Union obituary Nov. 13, 1863: "One year ago, on the 4th of July 1862, the Davis Light Guard, under command of Lieutenant Charles H. George, with joyous hearts and quickened step, took a prominent part in the celebration of that glorious day at Onondaga Hill. Last Friday, the same Company, with solemn tread and arms reversed, paraded the same streets, as a funeral escort, to pay a last parting tribute of affection for Lieutenant George". UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: file of research, and widow's pension records. CONDITION: revolver is very good overall, matching serial numbers and assembly marks, crisp markings, 10% plus original blue finish, mechanically fine, good rifled bore. PROVENANCE: Simpson Firearms, Ohio Gun Collector's Show, 1990; from the Lifelong Collection of Robert "Mike" Bricker. (01-24988/JS). ANTIQUE. $2,000-3,000.