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3117
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$7,475.00
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IMPORTANT AND HISTORIC RELIC COLT POCKET REVOLVER INSCRIBED TO CONFEDERATE GENERAL J.E.B. STUART’S CHIEF SURGEON AND A MEMBER OF MOSBY’S RANGERS. Apparently found in a barn many years ago in Northern VA, is this Colt Model 1849 pocket revolver with a 6” bbl, which is inscribed down the back strap “Dr. Talcott Eliason/C.S. Medical Dept”. Inscription is completely authentic and contemporary with the revolver, which is in untouched relic condition, apparently having been exposed to the elements for many years. The revolver is a standard model with an oct bbl, 6-shot rnd cylinder, brass trigger guard and back strap, and 1-pc walnut grips. SN 224895. Dr. Eliason was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 183__, and is listed in Thomson’s Mercantile and Professional Directory for Virginia in 1851. Dr. Eliason is found in the roster of the 43rd Battalion VA Cav, which was Mosby’s Partisan Rangers. Eliason is also listed in virtually all of General Stuart’s field reports, notably Second Manassas Campaign, where he comments “My division surgeon, Talcott Eliason, besides being adept in his profession, exhibited on this, as on former occasions, the attributes of a cavalry commander”. Other important mentions of Dr. Eliason are in Stuart’s reports for Brandy Station and Gettysburg, where Eliason took position at the Rummel Barn, where he received both Union and Confederate casualties and attended to their care. Dr. Eliason attended Prussian adventurer and notable Southern cavalryman Heros Von Borcke when he was severly wounded near Upperville, Virginia. CONDITION: Revolver is in relic condition. All iron surfaces are dark and heavily pitted. Frame and one side of the cylinder are deeply eroded. Loading lever, catch, and approx. 1/4” has been lost. Cylinder does not advance when the hammer is engaged. Trigger is not functioning. Grips are chipped at the base, heavily worn, and a sliver measuring approx. 1/4” x 1” is missing from the left side at the frame. This represents an opportunity to own a wonderfully orig and historic sidearm related to Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and Major John S. Mosby. 4-56499 CW91 (8,000-10,000)
Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day. |