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CARRIED BY CAPT. BENJAMIN F. GOSS, KANSAS 9TH CAV.
A GOOD .44 PERCUSSION STARR 1858 ARMY REVOLVER WITH CIVIL WAR PROVENANCE, serial no. 21060,
circa 1862, with blued round 6in. barrel, dove-tailed fore-sight, blued hinged frame with plain six-shot cylinder, selectable double action mechanism, the colour hardened hammer with sighting notch to nose, one-piece smooth flared walnut grip with three martial stamps, hinged under-barrel rammer with traces of colour, much original finish throughout, together with a personal leather covered storage box stencilled 'B. GOSS' (losses and damage to hinge and handles), two glazed and framed Civil War documents being his commission letter on becoming Captain in the Kansas 9th Cavalry dated 1862 and a clothing and expenses document dated 1864 and also including a folder with various research documents on the revolver and a summary of the regimental history during the Civil War
Provenance: Captain Benjamin F. Goss was enlisteded into 'F' Company of the Kansas 9th Cavalry on the 16th January, 1862 and was mainly engaged in border patrols from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains.
In the summer of 1862, Goss and his company were involved in the bloody fight at Locust Grove and then in an eight day running fight with with the forces of General Coffee, during which the endurance of the men was sorely tested. In the September of the same year his company under the command of Colonel Lynde took part in the disastrous engagement at Newtonia, where the ranks were decimated and then crowded from the field, Goss's men were material in helping save the artillery and helping surviving soldiers to escape to safety.
Later, in 1863, Goss was one of a number of the 9th Kansas that pursued Quantrill's Raiders after the attack at Lawrence. The 9th were mustered out of service at Devalls Bluff, Arkansas in June, 1865, but not before the 9th had been ambushed by a superior force, had rallied and subsequently put the enemy to flight.
The whole regiment numbered 817 men when formed in 1861/62 and received a further 710 recruits during the course of the war. Casualties amounted to 1 officer and 55 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, with a further 2 officers and 199 men dying of disease and other causes during the same period
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Estimate £1,500-2,500