Remington Model Revolver

3D Model

WSM artifact (G-1968.122.1)

Remington Model (ca. 1861) revolver, .44 caliber, cap and ball

On July 4, 1874, Captain A. E. Bates led a force of U.S. Cavalry and Shoshone warriors under Chief Washakie into the Owl Creek Mountains (in present day Hot Springs County, WY). The contingent attacked an encampment of Northern Cheyenne, Lakota (Sioux), and Northern Arapaho. Bates and Washakie were forced to retreat, leaving their dead behind. This revolver was picked up on the Bates Battlefield in 1908.

This Remington was the second-most purchased model used in the Civil War (after the Colt Model 1860 Army).

Modeled by Zanna Wright, Curator of Digital Access, WSM.

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (ARPML-250671-OMLS-22).

Agisoft Metashape software provided by the University of Wyoming Digital Collections department.