Inscribed Colt 1862 Police Revolver 141st New York. Great Condition and History! .36 Caliber Model 1862 Colt Police Pistol. This is a nice looking gun in and of itself: showing hints of faded case colors on the frame, some hints of blue on screw heads and traces of blue on the barrel just forward of the cylinder, the rest of the barrel evening out into a smooth, pale faint brown I like to call nicotine; Some scattered dark areas on the rammer assembly, hammer and back of the frame, but no roughness or pitting, traces of silver on brass backstrap, tight wood with sharp Colt markings on barrel and patent markings on cylinder and frame: matching serial #10512 throughout. Very good grips, tight wood, five small hash marks where grip joins the frame on one side and two more on the other, very lightly done, but unquestionably of the period. Has a fine professionally engraved inscription on the butt: G.L. Whiton. Only two federals named G.L. Whiton show up: a private with no middle initial in an Ohio cavalry unit who died in February, 1862, and was dead before he could have acquired this gun. Our man is – George L. Whiton - 141st New York - , who enlisted at age 29 in Elmira, NY, as a First Lieutenant on 9/10/62,, and was commissioned into company K 9/11/62. He was transferred to Co. F 8/18/63, and then back to Company F as Captain 7/30/63, and discharged at the end of the war on 6/8/65 and breveted Major for his service....................................... Mid war Whiton was assigned to Elmira POW camp where he was acclaimed as a superior officer of great compassion. Several Confederate prisoners wrote accolades about Whiton and his treatment of the rebs. Early in his service at Elmira, some rebs captured his dog and ate him. They thought this was quite funny. When they realized how kind Whiton was, they were remorseful of what had seemed like a nasty prank against the enemy. Whiton was loved and respected by friend and foe alike. ...........................................

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