Class Year
2019
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
Spring 5-10-2017
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
Musselman Library Special Collections is home to a wide variety of artifacts, including a rather impressive number of Civil War era items. One Civil War artifact, the Patton Pistol, stands out from the rest by virtue of the story attached to it. The 1861 Navy Colt revolver originally belonged to Waller Tazewell Patton, who was the great uncle of General George S. Patton Jr. of WWII fame.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Laurel J., "A Gun With a Story: Waller Patton’s Civil War Pistol" (2017). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 232.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/232
Comments
This blog post originally appeared in The Gettysburg Compiler and was created by students at Gettysburg College.