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They traveled to North Carolina on board the steamer Mississippi and were split into different detachments for garrison duty. Company K along with
G garrisoned Fort Totten until June 24, 1863, and successfully repelled a Confederate assault on February 15, 1863. The regiment then participated in multiple actions in North Carolina, including the expedition up Currituck Sound against Confederate guerrillas to destroy the salt works in February 1863. In a third term, they were stationed in Baltimore. After the Civil
War, Newhall returned to Danvers and ran a hardware store and later was cashier of the Danvers First National Bank until retiring due to ill health shortly before his death.
CONDITION: Excellent. This is certainly one of the finest Colt Model 1855 Half-Stock Sporting Rifles extant. It retains 90% plus of the original blue finish on the barrel, generally 90% original high polish blue on the frame aside from a patch of fading on the lower tang, 70% original blue on the cylinder, most of the case colors on the hammer, and smooth gray and brown patina on the balance. The wood is also excellent and retains nearly all of the original “piano varnish” on the stock and forearm and has only light handling and storage mark. The gutter perch rod has a small chip at the front but is otherwise very fine and has an attractive “chocolate” tone along most of its length aside from the areas that have been shielded inside the ramrod pipes and forearm which remain black. Mechanically
excellent. The flask and mold are very fine with minor storage wear. The supply crate is fine and has moderate age and storage related wear and retains distinct painted markings. This is an incredible and scarce Colt rifle. We only rarely get the opportunity to offer a Colt Model 1855 Half- Stock Sporting Rifle in .40 caliber, and this is certainly by far the finest example we have ever had the pleasure of cataloging. Its Civil War history, provenance, and inclusion in the classic “The Book of Colt Firearms” makes this incredible rifle all the more desirable!
Provenance: The William W. Edmunds Collection; The Al Kelley Collection; Property of a Gentleman. Estimate: 45,000 - 70,000