Trivia 5-7-15 Name That Weapon

[Trivia Master]

What type of sidearms were carried by Confederate Generals J.E.B. Stuart and Pierre Beauregard?

credit: @chellers

 

[blwhite]

Lemat revolvers

Edit - There are sources supporting both Lemat revolver and Lefauchaux revolver as correct answers to this question, so credit will be given for either answer.

Hoosier

 

[ErnieMac]

LeMat revolver.

 

[redbob]

LeMat pistols

 

[Dbersh]

Lefauchaux revolvers
Source

 

[E_just_E]

Lefauchaux revolvers, likely M1858

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

Stuart's favourite: LeMat revolver

In 1859 Beauregard bankrolled the developer/manufacturer, Jean A. LeMat

This here is a photo of PGT's engraved original:

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[MajGenl.Meade]

...and if it's a trick question, they both wore swords, which are arms, at the side!

 

[rhettbutler1865]

What type of sidearms were carried by Confederate Generals J.E.B. Stuart and Pierre Beauregard?

credit: @chellers

LeMat revolvers...nicknamed "the grapeshot revolver"--the most lethal pistol in the Civil War.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

LeMat revolvers.

 

[Copperhead-mi]

The LeMat revolver.

 

[GELongstreet]

Should be a LeMat revolver.

 

[Stony]

The LeMat revolver. Lefauchaux revolvers.

 

[Brenal]

The Le Mat revolver.

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Wow! Francis Barnum, the sculptor of the over 150 pieces I have now, really did his homework. I just looked at the Chilmark he sculpted of JEB getting shot on his horse---in his hand is a LeMat! I never noticed that before-thanks for the trivia!

 

[MRB1863]

LeMat revolvers

 

[TinCan]

The LeMat Revolver.

 

[kholland]

A LeMat revolver

 

[FarawayFriend]

LeMat revolver

"In addition to General Beauregard and Colonel LeMat, LeMat's revolver was used by such famous Confederate officers as Major Generals Braxton Bragg, J.E.B. Stuart, Richard H. Anderson, and Major Henry Wirz. Confederate Major General J.E.B. Stuart "was known to favor the LeMat revolver".[5] General Beauregard's personal engraved LeMat, which he carried throughout the war, is preserved at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia"
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LeMat_Revolver&oldid=649820228

 

[C.S.M 1861]

Lemat Revolvers.

http://www.civilwar.si.edu/weapons_lemat.html