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English: Deringer pistol. Caplock. Wooden handle with steel barrel.

Probably belonged to a Confederate spy, maybe a female spy, who might have kept in the pocket of a dress or in a handbag.

The plate on its right side carries the following text: "DERINGER PHILADELA" (indicates that this one is an original deringer manufactured in Philadelphia under the auspices of Henry Deringer)
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Source Deringer Pistol at the National Museum of American History (link)
Author National Museum of American History

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