The Colt Model 1851 Navy was one of the most prominent handguns of the American Civil War, including by the Confederacy who captured hundreds of thousands of firearms from armories and forts in the South at the beginning of the war. This revolver was manufactured in 1857 and has "COLTS/PATENT/U.S." on the left side of the frame, an "H" inspection mark on the left side of the barre, an "S" inspection mark on the cylinder, and "C" inspection marks top of the barrel at the breech as well as behind the trigger guard bow, on the butt of the grip, and behind the hammer. The barrel has a brass cone front sight and the one-line Hartford address, and the cylinder has the classic naval scene. The grip has faint traces of the outline of a cartouche on the left and is numbered to the gun in the back strap mortise. Cylinder is numbered "73759", with the remainder of the metal parts matching numbered.