Scarce Presentation Gustave Young Engraved Colt Model 1849 Pocket Percussion in Fairfield, ME

SN [removed phone]. Cal. 31. Blue & color case hardened with 5" october bbl, brass pin front sight and engraved "SAMUEL COLT" address. Left side of the frame is engraved "COLTS PATENT" in an upside down pillow shape. Cyl is 5-shots with stagecoach holdup scene roll marking and all 5 safety pins crisp & serviceable. The silver plated brass small guard trigger guard & back strap contain a 1-pc smooth ivory grip. Revolver has received Mr. Young's deluxe engraving with full coverage fine foliate arabesque patterns on the frame with 2 scrolls terminating in flower blossoms. Engraving extends over the bbl lugs with 1 scroll on the left side terminating in Mr. Young's distinctive dog's head and another on the right side terminating in a flower blossom. Both ends of the wedge and all the screws are engraved. Back strap is inscribed in very fine period script "Lieut. Wm. Dickinson / from W.O. Gish & T.W. Perkins". William Dickinson enlisted as a second Lieutenant on February. 21, 1857 in the U.S. Army third Infantry Regiment and retired October. 3, 1863. He was listed as POW, date & place not indicated, and was exchanged Dec. 31, 1861. He was promoted to first Lieutenant May 1861, breveted major after Bull Run, July 21, 1861 and made permanent Captain July 31, 1861. Records also indicate that he was born in Connecticut and died August 1887. A quick Internet search disclosed little additional details except that Lt. Dickinson may have been in Company "D", third Regular Infantry. CONDITION