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Item Number: 63335
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A classic Civil War personal arm with all matching numbers, this Colt Pocket Model ( serial # 187866) was manufactured in 1861 and remains in pleasing unmolested condition functionally and with traces of original finish just as it was set aside decades ago. Best described here by our photo illustrations, this attractive Colt Pocket came to us decades ago when it emanated from hand me down family keepsakes with only a Westminster, Mass. attribution and the applied A. E. DRURY on the bottom flat of the barrel under the loading lever as clues to its long lost history. We found that Abner E. Drury was a 30 year old resident carpenter of Westminster, Massachusetts when he was mustered in on November 26,1861 as a Corporal of Co. A 32nd Mass. Voluntary Infantry. Reenlisting on January 1, 1864, Drury would be promoted to 1st Sergeant, commissioned 2nd Lieut. on July 20,1864 and finally to 1st Lieut. on April 1865 before mustering out in Washington D.C. on June 29, 1865. A hard fought regiment, the 32nd Mass. saw considerable action during Drury’s service to include Antietam, Appomattox Court House, Cedar Creek, Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, Five Forks, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg where the 32d engaged with 227 men losing 81, of whom 22 were killed or mortally wounded. Also included were actions at Jerusalem Plank Road, Mine Run, 2nd Petersburg and the Battle of the Wilderness. Abner Drury returned to Westminster after the War where he served as Commander of the Joseph P. Rice G. A. R. Post 69, Dept. of Massachusetts. With copies of a number of Drury’s period records available on the internet (see: fold3.com) and his image available on the Library of Congress site, this remnant of our years of collecting (see: MaineLegacy.com) dealing and squirreling away will be of special interest to the Gettysburg enthusiast!
Buy with confidence! We are pleased to offer a no questions asked three day inspection with return as purchased on direct sales! Just send us a courtesy e-mail to let us know your item will be returned per these provisions and your purchase price will be refunded accordingly. Thanks for visiting Gunsight Antiques!
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