A horseman with double Roots
Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with gauntlets, shoulder scales, and cavalry “Company K” marked Hardee hat holding both two Colt Model 1855 Root sidehammer pistols and cavalry saber. Ambrotype/Tintype in LOC collection.
Colt factory superintendent Elisha K. Root’s sidehammer revolver was very popular with individual soldiers in the conflict while Colt made some 17,000 Model 1855 carbines as well over a nine-year period in several barrel lengths and caliber options.