This is the .56 caliber bullet for the Colt Revolving Rifle. Pointed nose, solid base, two grooves, and slightly rebated base where a paper powder cylinder was attached. White patina overall. Recovered on East Cavalry Field by Ken Bream where Stuart and Custer were engaged three miles east of Gettysburg.

The Colt Revolving rifles were early repeating rifles produced by the Colt Rifle Manufacturing Company from 1855 until 1864. The design was similar to their revolvers, with a rotating cylinder, but in longer rifle form. Colt revolving rifles were attractive because of their high rate of fire. However, the rifles were generally disliked by soldiers due to the occurrence of chain-fire (where a spark could set off all chambers in the cylinder.

This is from the Ken Bream collection that was sold at auction in October 2021. Mr. Bream was a 1970 graduate of Gettysburg High School and life-long relic hunter and collector. His parents managed the Stuckey’s Restaurant that was once located on the north-west corner of the intersection of Emmitsburg and Wheatfield Roads. In the late 1960s through the early 1970s Ken worked on the Eisenhower Farm as a groundskeeper, maintenance man, and general helper for the Eisenhower’s. For many years, he was the Gettysburg Dog Enforcement Officer.  This was in lot #349.   [jet] [ph:L]

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