This truly extraordinary New Model Army was likely embellished for presentation or display. The Special Order Department serial number "29" is marked on the left side of the grip frame near the toe and on the backside of the trigger guard and hand-written on the inside of the grips. The number on the bottom of the barrel is mostly obscured by the silver plating but appears to also be "29." Howard Madaus estimated that less than 100 in-house embellished guns were manufactured during the Civil War. Matching or similar cylinder etching is shown on multiple models of Remington revolvers pictured in "The Guns of Remington: Historic Arms Spanning Two Centuries" by Madaus and Goodwin, including two revolvers on page 56. In some examples, the shooter wears a cape/cloak. It features a pinched blade front sight, standard barrel markings with engraved borders, traditional punch dot backed scroll engraving on the rear of the barrel and most of the frame as well as the trigger guard bow, some geometric pattern accents and borders on the barrel and back strap, gadroon patterns along the top strap sight groove and lower front sides of the frame, etched scrollwork on the loading lever, and a detailed etched scene of two men on horseback among trees and one of the men firing a handgun at the other. Some of the patterns are off-center or uneven. An "N" is marked ahead of the lever catch. The back of the cylinder has a "W," and a "J" is on the left side of the trigger guard. A small "1" is also on the left side of the front strap. The strain screw is absent. The screws, cylinder, and loading lever are blued, and the remaining surfaces are silver plated. The mahogany case contains a double sided powder flask with a pair of pheasants and a dog on each side and a slanted spout, an American Powder Co. cartridge box with lead conical bullets inside, R.D. Walker cap tin, and a dual cavity bullet mold. Provenance: The Robert M. Lee Collection; Property of a Gentleman