Colt named the "Root" revolver after its famed engineer and superintendent Elisha K. Root, who took over the company after Samuel Colt's death in 1862.

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A Colt Model 1849 revolver from 1860. Back of the grip is engraved "A Gibson." There were about 650 people with that name in 1860.

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