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After the start of the Civil War, the US Ordnance Dept. took an interest in the design, ordering 5,000 in .44 caliber in 1861. However this contract was reduced to 2,000 after the Pettengill sent to the Ordnance Board for testing failed. These 2,000 were delivered to the US Army by January 1863, ending the production of the Pettengill. Of the 2,000 Pettengills delivered, 500 were issued to the 3rd Michigan Cavalry, with the rest issued to individual officers and members of the 1st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment US, 3rd Illinois regiment, 3rd Kentucky regiment and the 3rd and 5th Missouri Militias. 900 Navy models .36 caliber were issued first, earlier in the war. This would place total production of the Pettengill pistol at about 3,000. Working from this time line I would say that the 1st Arkansas Cavalry US were issued the .44 caliber Army Model in very early 1863.

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