Patented in 1856 by Dr. Jean Alexandre Francois LeMat of New Orleans, Louisiana, the LeMat revolver was a unique pistol that combined a 9 shot .42 caliber percussion revolver with a 16 gauge smoothbore grapeshot barrel. The grapeshot barrel served as the center axis for the cylinder. The Second Model, Paris made, LeMat revolvers had a full octagon upper barrel with a loading lever mounted on the left side, rounded trigger guard with no spur, pull-out assembly latch, butt with a lanyard ring hole and hammer with center mounted pivoting striker. In the upper position, the striker engages the percussion nipples in the cylinder, and, it contacts the percussion nipple for the shot barrel in the lower position. The top of the barrel is engraved "Systeme Le Mat Bte. s. g. d. g. Paris" in Old English style script. The right barrel flat is stamped with the serial number, "1949", followed by the LeMat logo which consist of a star above the letters "LM". The serial number, "1948", is also stamped on the right side of the frame below the cylinder and on the side of the cylinder. Total production of LeMat revolvers in Liege, Paris, and London was less than 2,900 between 1856 and 1865, and this example was manufactured c. 1863. During the Civil War, the Confederate government awarded contracts for 900 LeMat revolvers for the Army and 600 revolvers for the Navy. Many senior Confederate officers, most notably cavalry commander General J.E.B. Stuart, carried LeMat revolvers. General Stuart carried a LeMat revolver when he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia, in 1864. The unmarked Confederate officer's pattern sword has a lightly curved 30 1/2 inch blade with a wide fuller, a dark leather blade washer, floral and scroll patterns on the hilt, and black leather and twisted wire wrapped grip. The revolver and sword are accompanied by a Sons of Confederate Veterans certificate indicated that the consignor was a descendant of Corporal Giovanni Batta Rossi of Co. F, Cazadores Espanoles, Louisiana Militia.