An interesting and emotive United States Remington New Model Army .44 six-shot percussion revolver, serial number 39801, with sighted octagonal barrel, barrel length 20cm, the top face marked 'Patented Sept. 14. 1858 Remington & Sons. Ilion New York. U.S.A. New Model', typical hinged rammer, brass trigger guard and walnut plate grips, one grip naively engraved 'G H M c D', together with a late 19th century portrait photograph of a husband and wife, inscribed to reverse 'Charles W. (Chancy) Pierce, age approx 70, and 2nd wife taken early 1890s' and 'Gun used in American Civil War, treasured, and handed down from C.W. Pierce to...' with further details of succeeding generations of the Pierce family.