Powell's revolver

[LincolnMan]

The picture of Powell's weapon looks like a Whitney- am I correct? That particular pistol was very common with Confederate soldiers. I bet Powell owned it from his service. Was the weapon pretty busted up during the attack? I can see that if it struck a wooden damage that it could have sustained considerable damage- even to the firing pin. That Dr. Latticed thinks the weapon may still have fired if Powell had repeatedly tried- makes sense to me however. Obviously in the heat of the moment Powell did what he felt he needed to do.