Object Details
- Wilkes, Charles
- Shreve, Stanwood and Company
- Description
- In November of 1861 Capt. Charles Wilkes, in command of the USS San Jacinto, stopped the British ship RMS Trent and arrested two Confederate diplomats, James Mason and John Slidell. While the British Government demanded an apology and the U.S. Government disavowed Wilkes' action, the people of Boston decided to reward Wilkes with this beautiful presentation sword.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Jane Wilkes
- 1862
- ID Number
- AF.14946
- catalog number
- 14946
- accession number
- 56944
- Object Name
- sword and scabbard
- Other Terms
- sword; sword and scabbard; Edged Weapons; Presentation
- Measurements
- overall: 32 3/4 in; 83.185 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Edged Weapons
- web subject
- Civil War
- related event
- Civil War
- Record ID
- nmah_441816
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-68a8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
