2025年1月22日 · So, it would appear, based on what can be seen from the photos, that this is a U.S. made, Civil War Period, light cavalry sword that possibly had a post-war working life. There does not appear to be any reason to invoke manufacture or use by the Confederacy or Mexico.

2012年8月25日 · It was William Hardee in the 1840s who convicted David Twiggs to form two squadrons of regular army lancers. This was the first and last regular army experment with lance armed cavalry. While many Americans viewed the lance as a romantic weapon, the Army had it doubts. A few volunteer regiment...

2018年6月3日 · Hi, I’ve been meaning to post this sword for a long time and finally getting around to it. It was my first purchase of CW weaponry many years ago. I had no knowledge of CW weaponry at the time. Have been following the board for a few years which makes realize how little I know. Back to the...

2024年4月27日 · Parade Antiques Online Shop UK | Plymouth, Devon 1840 Model USA Civil War Cavalry Sabre by Clemen & Jung - A nice original American Civil War era Model 1840 Cavalry Sabre that was supplied as a contract with Clement & Jung of Germany, mainly for the Confederate Army. The sabre is inspired on the...

2023年1月14日 · In his book on Civil War Cavalry & Artillery Sabers, Thillmann was also confused by it. But Massachusetts ordered 1208 light cavalry sabers from Roby in early 1863. It is my belief the ones with the " M" on the ricasso were the Massachusetts contract.

2021年8月26日 · Welcome to the deep end of the pool. Nice CS acquisition but just a small note on these, This straight foot sized bladed sword with cavalry hilt may have been made for a mounted foot officer. The scabbard is identical in construction to scabbards made for Nashville Plow Works Cavalry sabers also.

2021年8月26日 · If it helps any, Kathryn P, Ken Bauman's Arming the Suckers (Morningside 1989) 65-67 shows four to nine times as many model 1840 Cavalry sabers (aka Dragoon) as model 1860 Light Cavalry sabers in the 15th Illinois Cavalry all the way through 1864: Quarter m. 1840 m.1860 1Q '63 476 46 2Q '63 208 55

2012年6月11日 · 1. What "main" weapon did Confederate cavalry use? Pistol, rifle, smoothbore, shotgun, sword, knife, etc.? 2. When a Confederate cavalry soldier fired "buck-shot," does that mean, necessarily, that the cartridge was fired from a shotgun, or could it have been fired from a smoothbore rifle, too? Or did "buck-shot" also mean "buck and ball?" 3.

2012年11月7日 · Picked this up yesterday from a couple who inherited it from a recently-deceased 96-year-old family member, who had written that it was from the Civil War. It was made in Klingenthal which was part of France, but seized by Germany from 1870 to 1918. The spine of the blade is marked "Maufre de Kli...

2020年12月14日 · Hi everyone - this is my first post because I read many different threads about these swords. I was recently given two identical original civil war cavalry sabres and from what I can see they are model 1840. The one I have had stamps on the hilt area of the blade reading “ US AMES MFGC Chicopee...