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Deringer Pistol

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Deringer, Jr., Henry

Description

Physical DescriptionWooden handle with steel barrel.General HistoryA small yet effective weapon, the deringer is the type of weapon a woman spying for the Confederacy might have kept in the pocket of a dress or in a handbag.
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Steel (Overall Material)Wood (Overall Material)Brass (Overall Material)
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National Museum of American History

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. American Civil War (1861 1865)
  2. Civil War
  3. Civil War And Reconstruction
  4. Civil War, 1861 1865
  5. Deringer, Jr., Henry
  6. Firearms
  7. Military
  8. Spies
  9. Think Finity

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