Historic collection of rare Civil War guns to be auctioned off (12 PHOTOS)

Leech & Rigdon percussion revolver captured from the ironclad C.S.S. Tennessee at Mobile Bay, part of the Young Collection up for grabs. (Photos: Cowan)

Extremely rare Confederate Cofer Third Type Revolver in its original holster as captured by 11th Maine Captain S.H. Merrill. Just 266 Cofer revolvers were picked up by the Confederate government and only 15 are believed to still exist.

Confederate Spiller & Burr rounded frame percussion revolver, only three are known to exist

Tarpley breech loading carbine identified to Waul’s Texas Legion

J. H. Dance & Brothers Navy percussion Confederate revolver without recoil shield. “Always considered a ‘holy grail’ for the advanced Confederate arms collector”

An iconic Confederate carbine, this is the only engraved Robinson Sharps known to exist.

Griswold & Gunnison rercussion revolver. Featured prominently in AMC’s Hell on Wheels, interest in these ultra rare Confederate wheelguns has exploded in recent years.

The unique, one-of-a-kind model for the LeMat revolver submitted to the U.S. Patent Office for protection against competitors.

Cliff Young’s notes indicate that this LeMat revolver relic was purportedly unearthed near the banks of the Harpeth River, near Franklin, Tennessee, site of the Battle of Franklin in 1864.

The only known surviving long-barreled LeMat, serial no. 18. The .42-caliber revolver has a 6.875-inch octagonal barrel, with a curious factory 15.75-inch octogonal-to-round extension barrel with front folding sight.

Rigdon & Ansley cartridge conversion revolver in .38RF

Serial No. 2 LeMat Krider Percussion Revolver Used in the Trials of New Orleans and Washington D.C. A total of two of these American-made LeMat’s exist, both sequentially marked. They are known in the literature as “Krider No. 1” and “Krider No. 2” in honor of their manufacturer. Krider No. 1 is curated in the Liege Arms Museum in Belgium.