Southern made Confederate revolver attributed to the Augusta Machine Works, Augusta, Georgia, 1861-1864, modeled in the Colts 1851 Navy type, .36 caliber, six shot, twelve stop, full 7-5/8 in. octagonal barrel, knurled hammer with standard notch rear sight, brass trigger guard and back strap, one piece walnut grip, stamped assembly number "0" or assembly letter "O", found on eight different parts of the gun including the back of barrel lug, under the back strap and trigger guard, both sides of the frame at hammer, the loading lever and plunger, and the arbor, overall length approximately 13-1/2 in. - Note: Possibly as few as 100 are believed to have been produced during that period. William A, Gary identifies 9 that have turned up with various stamped assembly numbers and letters in his bookÿConfederate Revolvers. In the bookÿConfederate Handguns,ÿWilliam A. Albaugh III refers to guns fitting the description of the Augusta Machine Works type with 12 stops using letters J, Y, and O in place of a serial number. - Provenance: From the Collection of Ashley Halsey, Jr., Alexandria and Spotsylvania, Virginia oxidation and pitting of old dark patina to entire exterior, loss of dovetailed blade front sight, smoothed areas around the front half of cylinder, rust on frame above loading plunger, rust in cylinders and on stops, loss to brass on upper right side of back strap at hammer, loss to bottom of mainspring at screw, metal wear to edge of cylinder, cylinder stops, and nipple cuts, oxidation to brass, trigger and hammer function along with other mechanisms however the cylinder will not rotate with the actionÿÿ