Cival War Era Photographs

This page features a collection of images primarily from the Civil War era, along with a few older photographs dating back to the Gold Rush period. The images depict individuals holding pistols or revolvers, which have been identified as Allen productions. The majority of these images were sourced from various websites across the internet.

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Images with Allen percussion pistols

Confederate soldier with an Allen barhammer pistol
Confederate soldier holding a cocked Allen shotgun hammer boot pistol
Man holding an Allen double barrel single trigger pistol
Unidentified soldier with Allen Shotgun hammer boot pistol
Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with secession badge armed with a musket and an Allen shotgun hammer boot pistol
Rebel with huge Bowie knife and an Allen barhammer pistol
Civil War soldier Sullivan Ballou with an Allen barhammer pistol
Texas Jack Vermillion with a shotgun hammer boot pistol
Man with fashionable tie holding an Allen barhammer pistol
Jayhawker John Doy (seated) shortly after being liberated by fellow members of the Free State Forces. The second man from the left is wearing a bar-hammer muff pistol around his neck.

Images with Allen pepperboxes / Gold rush and frontier men

The pepperbox was the arm of choice for gold prospectors seeking reliable protection for their lives and property. It offered rapid, substantial firepower that was highly effective at close range.

A California gold rush prospector with shovel, knive and pepperbox
George Norton armed to the teeth including two pepperboxes
Frontierman around 1847 with pepperbox and rifle
Two Gold Rush prospectors, one holding an Allen pepperbox
Another heavily armed adventurer or prospector

Images with Allen pepperboxes / Civil war

Two Confederate Soldiers from Tennessee - One with a 6 shot pepperbox
Civil War Soldier with a shotgun, a sword and two holstered pepperboxes
Man holding an Allen 5-shot pepperbox
Man with an Allen 6-shot Worcester standard six shot pepperbox with flutted barrels
A kid with an Allen pepperbox
Confederate "gentleman soldier" with two Allen pepperboxes
An Union Infantry man armed with revolver and pepperbox
Soldier with an 6 Shot Allen pepperbox
Rare picture of an afro-american soldier having an Allen pepperbox in his vest, a huge shotgun and a bowie knife

Images with Allen percussion revolvers

Massachusetts Light Artillery crew with A&W Sidehammer Navy Revolvers
Two Civil War soldiers armed with A&W Sidehammer Belt revolvers
Corporal Peter Morse, Co.F, 2nd regiment Michigan Volunteers Cavalry holding an A&W Centerhammer Army percussion revolver
Private Duncan Ross, Co.D, 2nd regiment Michigan Volunteers Cavalry very well equiped with an A&W Centerhammer Army percussion revolver and a Colt revolving rifle
Unidentified soldier with an A&W Sidehammer Belt revolver
Second Lt. William Rhodes of Co.B.8th Regt Infantry, Mass.Vol. Militia armed with an A&W Sidehammer Navy revolver
Only 15 years old when he enlisted in 1862, Private Ephraim Kale, Co. I , Catawba Marksmen, 49th NC State Troops holding an A&W sidehammer Belt revolver
A rare image from a Union soldier with an Allen & Wheelock barhammer revolver
Soldier with an A&W Sidehammer Pocket revolver
Civil War soldier with an Allen & Wheelock side-hammer belt revolver
A confederate soldier with an A&W sidehammer Belt revolver
Man showing an A&W Sidehammer Navy revolver
Young private with an A&W sidehammer Belt Revolver
Soldier with A&W Sidehammer Belt revolver

Images with Allen cartridge revolvers

Captain Augustine L. Hamilton of Co. 1, 6th Regt. Mass. Vol. Inf. holding a cocked A&W Lipfire Army revolver
Soldier from an artillery regiment armed with a first model Allen & Wheelock 32rf sidehammer revolver
Union Soldier wearing a slouch hat holding 2 revolvers of which a late model A&W sidehammer 22rf revolver
Civil War soldier holding a late model Allen & Wheelock 22rf sidehammer revolver
Young Confederate recruit with a second model A&W sidehammer 22rf revolver
Soldier with an A&W 32rf Sidehammer revolver
Civil War soldier holding a late model Allen & Wheelock 22rf Sidehammer revolver
Man holding a 2nd model Allen & Wheelock 32rf sidehammer revolver
Soldier of the 26th NY Infantry Regiment with an A&W 2nd model 32rf sidehammer revolver in his belt
Union soldier Abraham Hoofnail with an A&W sidehammer 32RF revolver and a bowie knive