This article, "Col. Colt's Revolving Rifle in the Civil War," appeared originally in the March 2004 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here ...

Civil War rifles were accurate for hundreds of yards ... Primarily in use by the Confederacy, the LeMat had a 9-shot revolving cylinder as well as a secondary barrel that was capable of firing ...

Civil War rifles were accurate for hundreds of yards ... Primarily in use by the Confederacy, the LeMat had a 9-shot revolving cylinder as well as a secondary barrel that was capable of firing ...

Bell had traveled alongside the Union troops as a camp worker — not an uncommon role for African Americans at this early point in the Civil War ... not allowed to have guns or participate ...