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CAPT. GEORGE HUNTER, 7th ILLINOIS INFANTRY. Cal. 32, S# 4146. Standard configuration up Smith & Wesson No. 2 Army revolver manufactured in 1862, 5" barrel, finely inscribed on right side of barrel: "Capt. G. Hunter 7th Ill. Regt". George Hunter enlisted on April 23, 1861 as a 2nd Lieutenant, Co. K, 7th Ill Inf at Springfield, commissioned captain Sept. 1, 1861, he served with 7th in campaigns in Tennessee and Georgia, resigning in Chattanooga, June 1864. He died in 1878 and buried in Macoupen Co, IL. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: file of research, and service & widow pension records. CONDITION: revolver is good to very good overall, matching serial numbers and assembly marks, crisp markings, no original finish, gray iron patina with pitting around hinge and barrel lug, large chip on the left rear toe a varnished walnut grips, mechanically fine, good rifled bore. PROVENANCE: Floyd Everhart, 1995; from the Lifelong Collection of Robert "Mike" Bricker. (01-24996/JS). ANTIQUE. $2,000-3,000.
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INSCRIBED CIVIL WAR SMITH & WESSON ARMY REVOLVER,
Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
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$1,000
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PREMIER FIREARMS AUCTION, DAY 3, JUNE 9, 2024
Fairfield, ME, USA
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