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Griswold & Gunnison, made 3,700 revolvers, .36 cal. 6 shot, under CSA contract. Griswoldville, GA, destroyed Nov., 1864 |  |
T.W. Cofer, copied Whitney Navy, brass frame, only 10 specimens known. Total production 50-140. Portsmouth, VA. |
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J.H. Dance, made 325-500, in .36 and .44 cal. Most lack recoil shield, iron frame, brass grip straps. Columbia Texas. |  |
Columbus, made 100, .36 cal., 6 shot, Navy Type Revolver. Granted CSA contract for 10,000 guns. Destroyed in 1865. Columbus, GA. |
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Clark, Sherrard & Co. 400 made under contract to the State of Texas. Believed that only 1finished prior to the end of the war, remainder made after the war. Lancaster, Texas. |  |
Lemat, invented by an American, but manufactured in Europe. 2,900 total in several models. Had a 9 shot .42 cal. cylinder and a single .69 cal. center barrel used as a cylinder pin. |
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Spiller & Burr, made 1,450, .36 cal. 6 shot revolver, similiar to a Whitney Navy, with brass frame. Made under CSA contract at Altlanta, GA, then Macon, GA. |  |
Rigdon & Ansley, made 1,000, 36 cal. 6 shot, iron frame, brass grip straps. CSA contract, 12 stop slots on cylinder are unique feature. Augusta, GA. |
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