Remington Army and Navy Revolvers 1861-1888 LOWNSBERRY

LOWNSBERRY

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This is the first surviving census for Monroe

the genealogist of southwestern Pennsylvania can savor 500 or more family histories

which was manufactured between the 1920s and 1970s

Remington Army and Navy Revolvers 1861-1888 LOWNSBERRYImmediately following the Civil War, the United States Ordnance Department reported it had purchased 128,575 Remington revolvers during the conflict. During the Franco Prussian War in 1870 71, Samuel Remington acted as an agent to acquire arms for the French War Ministry. Fifteen to twenty thousand Remington New Model Army revolvers were purchased from the Ordnance Department and sent to France. Donald Ware devoted twenty five years of research in the