Object Details
- associated institution
- Navy Department
- Description (Brief)
- This Confederate Naval Officers Sword was manufactured by Mole & Son of Birmingham, England and sold by Courtney & Tennant of Charleston, South Carolina. It was taken from a Confederate officer when the commerce raider C.S.S. Florida was seized by the U.S.S. Wachusett off the coast of Brazil in October 1864.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1862
- ID Number
- AF.287124
- accession number
- 58284
- catalog number
- 287124
- Object Name
- sword
- Measurements
- overall, sword: 3 in x 4 3/8 in x 36 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 11.1125 cm x 92.075 cm
- overall, scabbard: 7/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 29 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.6675 cm x 75.565 cm
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, Birmingham, Birmingham
- associated place
- United States: Confederate States of America
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Naval History
- Edged Weapons
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_1202862
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-7c69-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
