![]() Referred to as the Model 1854, the Lefaucheux revolver is a single action, standard military caliber arm produced at his licensed production facilities at Liege, Belgium. Handgun was designed and produced by the highly acclaimed inventor of European firearms, Eugene Lefaucheux. Trooper Miller’s military, 12mm, metallic pinfire cartridge revolver is identified via serial number on the unit’s ordnance records. Miller later tried for a military pension but was denied. He was discharged for disability on at Saint Joseph, Missouri. ![]() It was during the Sep / Oct 1863 time frame that Miller ‘lost’ his Lefaucheux pistol on duty and was charged $13.00 for it. Private Miller served with this hard-fought unit thru 18 with action against numerous bushwhackers and guerrillas in a number of engagements, raids, skirmishes, including railroad duty in Northern Missouri. Miller, a native of Millerstown, PA, was a thirty-two year old carpenter working in Missouri when he enlisted in the 9 th Missouri cavalry (also known as Guitar’s Rifles) on Januat Sturgeon, MS. Miller of Company B, 9 th Missouri State Militia Cavalry (US). Presented here is a Model 1854 twelve-mm Lefaucheux pinfire revolver identified by serial number to Private Benjamin F.
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