I'm new and need help identifying this.

Thanks again. You guys had more info than trying to search on google. Just to put this up front I am not planning on selling it not clean it. I am taking it to an appraiser for insurance reasons, nothing more. I found photos at her house but haven't gone through then yet, so I have to do that. I know my grandmother was a daughter our grand daughter of the revolution our civil war so I believe it is a family heir loom. Need to research that as well.
Thanks again for the prompt and quick responses.
I have not seen the stamp on the two line barrell legend. I will look again.
 
I think that it will end up being worth more in the long run if it's properly cleaned, lubed and preserved.
I also think that the appraiser may want to take a peek inside of it too.
Many expensive and valuable guns are dissembled to take photos of the working parts for auctions.
It's risky for an amateur to do that, but how else does the condition and value get established without letting an expert look inside to examine it?
To maintain the value and to keep it from deteriorating further it will probably need to be preserved somehow.
Maybe rusty patina is desirable to some, but if someone else needs to have it professionally cleaned, restored or preserved on their own then that might reduce the value.
Especially if there's any rust and pits which can lead to further deterioration.
Contact an antique gun appraisal expert in your state that you can trust.
Nearly every state has an antique gun collectors association or a gun collectors association that can be located by Googling it for any state.
There should be appraisers within those groups that can give you good & honest advice.
 
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Sorry if I wasn't clear in my post about not doing anything to this antique.
Let me clarify.
Don't have "just anyone help". By all means conserve & protect, but have it done by someone who is an expert in such things in preference to an amateur. There is a dual goal here to preserve both the integrity & value as well as the physical item.
 
I'm looking in the back of my Dixie Gun Works catalog where it gives info on serial #s etc. It's either a New Model 1863 Army or Navy.
Measure the barrel length. If it is 8" it is the 44cal Army. If it is 7 3/8" it is the navy in 36 cal.
Front sight: The Army had a narrow blade of steel that was screwed in whereas most Navies had a German silver cone for a front sight.
The chambers on the Navy should be about 3/8" diameter and the 44 about 7/16" across.
It says cartouches on left grip only B H stands for Maj. Benjamin Huger.
1863 NMAs serial #s go from 15,000-147,000 with the Navys being in the 23,000-45,000 range.
 
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