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Rare Civil War Revolver with a Strange Feature

The Pettengill revolver, a double-action-only muzzleloading design created in the 1850s, initially secured a large Union Army contract during the Civil War but ran into production delays that led to ...
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Civil War Firepower: 22 Iconic Guns of the North and South

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Rare Civil War-era revolver comes home to Berks

When Confederate forces opened fire April 12, 1861, on Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C., it signaled the start of the Civil War. “President Abraham Lincoln recognized Washington, D.C., lay vulnerable ...
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Civil forfeiture seeks return of Springfield Armory’s historic firearm

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a civil forfeiture action against a rare Civil War-era firearm believed to have been unlawfully removed from the Springfield Armory. The ...
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Rare Civil War-era firearm allegedly stolen from Springfield Armory

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Federal prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture action to reclaim a historic firearm believed to have been stolen from the Springfield Armory several decades ago.