Present box given by the officers of the XXth Corps to Major General Joseph Hooker in 1866. Varnished mahogany, with silver reinforcing corners engraved with scrolls, it bears an engraved silver attribution plate "Presented to MAJ GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER - From the officers of the 20th Corp. 1866". Wrapped inside in red velvet, with compartments, it contains: - One Colt Pocket revolver model 1849, five shots, caliber 31, deluxe model, single action. 4" (101 mm) square barrel with beautiful rifling, signed "Saml Colt" on the top and richly engraved with foliage scrolls in thunder. Barrel engraved with a stagecoach attack. Carcass engraved with foliage and stamped "COLT'S PATENT". Engraved silver trigger guard in suite. Silver plated bronze stock carved in half round with foliage and Eagle on a cactus catching a snake. Thumb piece engraved "H". Numbered 154206 (year 1859) on barrel, frame, cylinder and trigger guard. - One bullet mold stamped "COLT'S PATENT" for round or ogival bullet. Blued finish. - A silver plated copper Colt type powder flask with a US Eagle holding revolvers in its talons. - A round iron bullet box painted in black containing "ELEY LONDON" bullets. - Key to daylight ring box. Revolver at 90% in its original blued finish. B.E. (Minor wear to the velvet of the case). Manufactured from 1850 to 1873, 325,000 pieces, including 11,000 in London. Biography: Joseph Hooker (born November 13, 1814, died October 31, 1879) was a US Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War before becoming a Union staff general in the Civil War. He was known as "Fighting Joe" Hooker because of his tenacity, violent temper, and brawling nature. After serving under George McClellan (notably at the Battle of Antietam, where he was wounded in the foot), he was appointed to lead the Union armies by Abraham Lincoln, who was looking for a general with an offensive temperament. He was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert Lee and Stonewall Jackson.