Leech & Rigdon

Name	Street	Town	State	From	To
Leech & Rigdon		Columbus	Mississippi		1863
Leech & Rigdon		Greensboro	Georgia	1863	1863

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Product
See also Memphis Novelty Works .36 caliber percussion, 6 shot revolver (similar to Colt 1851), unfluted cylinder, 7,5" barrel part octagonal and part round. Production was about 1,500 arms in 1863 and 1864. picture other gun right side Leech and Rigdon was formally dissolved January 1, 1864. Charles H. Rigdon joined Jesse Ansley to complete the Leech & Rigdon contract with the Confederate government.

Product

See also Memphis Novelty Works

.36 caliber percussion, 6 shot revolver (similar to Colt 1851), unfluted cylinder, 7,5" barrel part octagonal and part round. Production was about 1,500 arms in 1863 and 1864.
picture other gun right side

Leech and Rigdon was formally dissolved January 1, 1864. Charles H. Rigdon joined Jesse Ansley to complete the Leech & Rigdon contract with the Confederate government.