€4,000 - €6,000
American Civil War, Confederate officer's Savage 1861 Navy, .36 calibre, cap and ball revolver, named for Lt. Ernest Portis, 42nd Alabama Regiment, in fitted oak box, with powder flask.
Provenance: Private collection, Wexford. Whytes auctions 21 May 2022.
Dr. Ernest A. Portis (1843-1903), of Suggsville, Clarke County, Alabama. Prior to the Civil War he attended Southern University. He was mustered into the 42nd Alabama Regiment. Company K, CSA, as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was wounded at the battle of Corinth. He was captured by the Union Army in April 1865. He qualified as a doctor in 1882. His sword was sold for US $35,000 at James Julia Auctions, 15 October 2013.
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