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Did General Lee ever fire his sidearm?


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Captain Lee did carry a Colt (probably a Dragoon) during the Vera Cruz to Mexico City advance in the Mexican War. He was awarded several medals and a brevet promotion for scouting around the Mex army when blocked a landing at Verz Cruz and when they blocked the roads west of Vera Cruz.

He was also known to carry during the 1850's when he was assigned by then Secretary of the Army Jeff Davis to scout the areas around coastal batteries in the south.

Colonel Lee led the ad hoc army group when John Brown overtook the US arsenal at Harper's Ferry.

I have never seen a photo of him with a sidearm, but there are numerous reports of him having a Colt 1851 in his tent.

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Colonel Lee led the ad hoc army group when John Brown overtook the US arsenal at Harper's Ferry.

I have never seen a photo of him with a sidearm, but there are numerous reports of him having a Colt 1851 in his tent.

 

That Ad Hoc Army Group was actually the Marines from Marine Corps Barracks.....

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