Grant Grant's Personal Firearm

[Adam1stVa]

For discussion to corroborate what I have read somewhere - it is my understanding that General Grant did not typically carry a firearm, and I heard he picked up a Colt Army on the Shiloh Battlefield as a souvenir. Inviting comments

 

[ami]

I don't really have anything to add, but I wanted to bump this up

 

[Pollaco]

From what I've read he did have a Colt Navy 36 instead of a Army 44 Colt, but I couldn't tell you where he got it.

 

[huskerblitz]

This site depicts guns of famous generals. Can't tell you how accurate it is, however.

The Guns of the Generals :: Guns.com

Well, it should come as no surprise that throughout military history, generals have received quite the different treatment when it came to their side arms.

www.guns.com

 

[Mr. King]

This site depicts guns of famous generals. Can't tell you how accurate it is, however.

The Guns of the Generals :: Guns.com

Well, it should come as no surprise that throughout military history, generals have received quite the different treatment when it came to their side arms.

www.guns.com

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Man, oh man... He must have had good connections to get an 1873 SAA a DECADE early. LOL.

And 200 yds.... I doubt I could hit a man-sized target at 200 yds with my 6 month old Colt 1911 .38 super.

 

[huskerblitz]

Man, oh man... He must have had good connections to get an 1873 SAA a DECADE early. LOL.

And 200 yds.... I doubt I could hit a man-sized target at 200 yds with my 6 month old Colt 1911 .38 super.

Well I did say I didn't know how accurate the site was. But I'm sure Grant got a lot of freebies in his position.

I don't think I've seen a photo of him carrying a sidearm during the Civil War, but I would imagine his memories might mention what he carried or if he picked one up at Shiloh.

 

[James N.]

For discussion to corroborate what I have read somewhere - it is my understanding that General Grant did not typically carry a firearm, and I heard he picked up a Colt Army on the Shiloh Battlefield as a souvenir. Inviting comments

Grant rarely even wore a sword. One exception to that was at Shiloh where I imagine he might've done so just to be more easily recognized as a general officer at a time when many of his men really hadn't served with him, or at least not for very long. Stonewall Jackson's sword supposedly rusted in its scabbard from lack of use and the one time he wanted to draw it wouldn't come out. Lee likewise had no use for sidearms. Unless they were cavalry commanders like Custer or Jeb Stuart who were likely to become involved in melees there was usually no reason for high-ranking officers to bother with often-bulky sidearms: their armies were their weapons.

 

[Mr. King]

Well I did say I didn't know how accurate the site was. But I'm sure Grant got a lot of freebies in his position.

I don't think I've seen a photo of him carrying a sidearm during the Civil War, but I would imagine his memories might mention what he carried or if he picked one up at Shiloh.

I know that during the Vicksburg Campaign, his 13 yr old (+/-) son Fred was pretty much given a free rein, and he was close to being one of the first Yankees in Jackson. He was accompanied by a newspaper correspondant, and he had his dad's fancy dress sword strapped on him, dragging it around behind him. Grant had little use for things like swords, especially a pretty one with fire-gilded **** all over it.

What a lucky kid.

 

[Pollaco]

I know he had a cased set of Remingtons given to him as a gift. But these he never carried, too fancy. This was a $400.00 set when a Remingtons cost about $12.00 around that time. These were a gift to him for "helping" with the cotton trade.