CONFEDERATE USED LEFAUCHEUX REVOLVER, CDV, AND LETTER SIGNED BY GEORGE H. STEUART.

CONFEDERATE USED LEFAUCHEUX REVOLVER, CDV, AND LETTER SIGNED BY GEORGE H. STEUART. SN 28396. There is no doubt that the Confederacy used many of this military model LaFaucheux based on other identified guns, including one used by Stonewall Jackson and excavated examples. This 12mm pin fire revolver should date very close to Capt. George Steuart’s stint as Captain in the 1st Maryland Infantry in 1861. Impeccably scratched into the base of stocks “STEUART”, “1*MD”. Accompanying this lot is a CDV of Steuart in Confederate General’s uniform and a document signed as Capt. December 1860 while still in the US Army. George Hume Steuart (August 24, 1828 – November 22, 1903) was a planter in Maryland and an American military officer; he served thirteen years in the United States Army before resigning his commission at the start of the American Civil War. He joined the Confederacy and rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Army of Northern Virginia. Nicknamed “Maryland” to avoid verbal confusion with Virginia cavalryman J.E.B. Stuart, Steuart unsuccessfully promoted the secession of Maryland before and during the conflict. He began the war as a captain of the 1st Maryland Infantry, CSA, and was promoted to colonel after the First Battle of Manassas. In 1862 he became brigadier general. After a brief cavalry command he was reassigned to infantry. Wounded at Cross Keys, Steuart was out of the war for almost a year while recovering from a shoulder injury. He was reassigned to Lee’s army shortly before the Battle of Gettysburg. Steuart was captured at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, and exchanged in the summer of 1864. He held a command in the Army of Northern Virginia for the remainder of the war. Steuart was among the officers with Robert E. Lee when he surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. CONDITION: Gun is gray/brown overall. Gun is mechanically functional, rotating cyl though missing loading assembly and tip of hammer. There is silver inlaid engraved “CSA” in old English script on top of bbl housing which appears quite old and could be contemporary to the war or at least commemorative though the name scratched in stock appears contemporary to the guns time of use and manufacture circa 1860-1862. 4-49691 JS216 (5,000-8,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2231	$25,300.00	CONFEDERATE USED LEFAUCHEUX REVOLVER, CDV, AND LETTER SIGNED BY GEORGE H. STEUART. SN 28396. There is no doubt that the Confederacy used many of this military model LaFaucheux based on other identified guns, including one used by Stonewall Jackson and excavated examples. This 12mm pin fire revolver should date very close to Capt. George Steuart’s stint as Captain in the 1st Maryland Infantry in 1861. Impeccably scratched into the base of stocks “STEUART”, “1MD”. Accompanying this lot is a CDV of Steuart in Confederate General’s uniform and a document signed as Capt. December 1860 while still in the US Army. George Hume Steuart (August 24, 1828 – November 22, 1903) was a planter in Maryland and an American military officer; he served thirteen years in the United States Army before resigning his commission at the start of the American Civil War. He joined the Confederacy and rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Army of Northern Virginia. Nicknamed “Maryland” to avoid verbal confusion with Virginia cavalryman J.E.B. Stuart, Steuart unsuccessfully promoted the secession of Maryland before and during the conflict. He began the war as a captain of the 1st Maryland Infantry, CSA, and was promoted to colonel after the First Battle of Manassas. In 1862 he became brigadier general. After a brief cavalry command he was reassigned to infantry. Wounded at Cross Keys, Steuart was out of the war for almost a year while recovering from a shoulder injury. He was reassigned to Lee’s army shortly before the Battle of Gettysburg. Steuart was captured at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, and exchanged in the summer of 1864. He held a command in the Army of Northern Virginia for the remainder of the war. Steuart was among the officers with Robert E. Lee when he surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. CONDITION: Gun is gray/brown overall. Gun is mechanically functional, rotating cyl though missing loading assembly and tip of hammer. There is silver inlaid engraved “CSA” in old English script on top of bbl housing which appears quite old and could be contemporary to the war or at least commemorative though the name scratched in stock appears contemporary to the guns time of use and manufacture circa 1860-1862. 4-49691 JS216 (5,000-8,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013 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.

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