This is a beautifull, untouched little gun that I bought years ago at the Gettysburg Civil War Show when it used to be held inside the Eisenhower Inn. It is as pure and untouched of a little gun with history that you will ever find. Bernard Mauch was born in Germany in 1826 and immigrated to the United States in 1847. He was a Lieutenant in the famed 1st Michigan Volunteers, which was the first western regiment to arrive in the Nations Capitol near Alexandria, Va. At Manassas Junction, the First Michigan fought wildly trying to recapture Ricketts battery in a maelstrom of surging and retreating men, acrid smoke, firing muskets and exploding shells alongside the 11th New York. Mauch was badly wounded in the battle, captured and had a leg removed at the hip. Upon his death, Colonel Wilcox of the 1st (who was also captured and visited with Mauch at St. Mark's Hospital in Richmond) wrote, "Our fears are realized. Poor Mauch died at 9 o'clock last night. He suffered much. His German friends will take the body and give it a Christian burial. Of this brave man who has met his fate in the engagement I cannot speak in too high terms. The regiment will cherish the memory of his gallantry". The 6" barreled gun is beautifully engraved on its frame, has a near perfect cylinder scene, retains perhaps 30% blue on the barrel and the balance of the gun is in brown patina. The grips are excellent and the inscription gorgeous. This is one of the nicest guns I've owned and has been in my collection for sevral years.