John Ringgold aka Johnny Ringo's famous Colt SAA Revolver S/N 222

[G Dog]

LT Harry Hatcher. Co. A, 43rd Virginia Cavalry (Mosby's Rangers).

That's googly moogly cool!

Extremely cool.  Harry "Deadly" Hatcher, "whom Mosby regarded as the bravest man in the command."  Captured while on forage ops in Loudoun County during the last two or three weeks of the War.

Mosby's Rangers, Jeffry D. Wert.  Touchstone, Simon & Schuster (1990)

My great grandfather (b. 1843 KY) and his elder brothers served together as horse soldiers (Union) in the western theater so fortunately never met Mosby or Hatcher.

They repeatedly squabbled with elements of Forrest's command though, which was plenty dangersome enough for any blue coat.  One brother took a pistol shot to the hip and limped for the rest of his long life.

[mike116]

This is some cool sh*t here.   Great history lesson going on here.

[Miguel Loco]

You're cut from some mighty fine cloth there Hawg....

[Zulch]

I agree Mick👍

[Hawg]

You're cut from some mighty fine cloth there Hawg....

Grey wool no doubt. I was doing research on another family member and that pic popped up. I showed it to my then wife and she thought I photoshopped it. I didn't have photoshop. I showed it to my first wife who knew me a that age and she totally freaked out. I was going to do research on all my family members that fought but there were too many of them. All of them were Confederate soldiers tho. As near as I can tell only one was killed. I can't prove it but I believe he was killed by a sniper on the steps to the Atlanta courthouse after the battle of Atlanta. History records two men killed there that day and the other one was his commanding officer.... Pics of Harry's headstone.

[Marshal Will]

Very cool family history, Hawg!

[Hawg]

Very cool family history, Hawg!

Thank you.

[Zulch]

Thanks for those Pics Hawg!! Glad you were able to post them .

[Hawg]

Thanks for those Pics Hawg!! Glad you were able to post them .

I don't know why it wouldn't let me post them earlier. Gremlins I guess.

[camo]

Funny that in the movies they portray him as carrying and using a shorter barreled gun. You'd think as a gunfighter, he would. Instead he carried what looks to be a 7 1/2" gun. Very interesting.

I was thinking the same thing about a short barrel revolver but who knows?  Very very cool to see the video and photos of his gun thanks for posting. Don't you wonder who had the foresight to catalog that pistol and save it for all of time cause it looks like it's in great shape.

[Hawg]

Funny that in the movies they portray him as carrying and using a shorter barreled gun. You'd think as a gunfighter, he would. Instead he carried what looks to be a 7 1/2" gun. Very interesting.

What difference would it have really made? There weren't many showdowns where a short barrel would give you an advantage. As an aside I have read that he did carry a short barrel and that Frank Leslie carried a long barrel. Frank killed Ringo with his gun and then swapped with Ringo.

[Zulch]

I thought he committed suicide?🤔

[Hawg]

I thought he committed suicide?🤔

I think he did Z. That's just a theory I read somewhere.

[Zulch]

Okay Hawg. Thank you sir. Kind of interesting to try and think about all the scenarios. 👍👍

[Miguel Loco]

I've hread that one too Hawg. There is no proven evidence as to who carried what......so anything is a possibility. "Buckskin" Frank Leslie had a motive for sure.