A Civil War pistol was returned to the Museum of the Confederacy after 36 yearsA Civil War revolver stolen in 1975 from the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va., was recovered in Seymour, Tenn., in December, according to the FBI.
The Knoxville Division of the FBI was notified that the weapon, a .36 caliber Spiller and Burr revolver, may have been found, said Stacie Bohanan, a department spokeswoman.
When Krissy Evans found the revolver among items that belonged to her father, who had recently died, she went to have the gun appraised, Bohanan said. The appraiser determined the weapon had been stolen from the museum 36 years earlier.
Evans immediately offered to return the gun, which has an estimated value of $50,000, and it was taken back to the museum, Bohanan said.