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Recipient:

Morgan, George Washington  Search this

Maker:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Physical Description:

metal, gilt (scabbard material)

metal, steel (blade material)

metal, brass (hilt material)

Measurements:

overall: 38 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in; 97.155 cm x 13.335 cm

blade: 32 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 81.5975 cm x 3.175 cm

scabbard: 33 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 85.725 cm x 8.255 cm

overall, sword: 1 1/2 in x 5 in x 38 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 12.7 cm x 97.155 cm

overall, scabbard: 7/8 in x 4 1/8 in x 33 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 10.4775 cm x 85.725 cm

Object Name:

Saber

sword

Other Terms:

Sword; Saber; Edged Weapons; Presentation

Place Made:

United States: Massachusetts, Chicopee

Referenced:

Mexico

Date made:

ca 1850

Subject:

Edged Weapons  Search this

Related event:

Mexican War  Search this

Credit Line:

Mrs. G. W. Morgan

ID Number:

AF.8956

Catalog number:

8956

Accession number:

37280

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-9b22-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_420463

Recipient:

Grant, Ulysses S.  Search this

Maker:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Physical Description:

metal, gilt (hilt material)

metal, steel (blade material)

metal (scabbard material)

Measurements:

overall: 38 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in; 97.79 cm x 11.43 cm x 6.985 cm

blade: 32 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 82.55 cm x 1.905 cm

scabbard: 33 in x 1 5/8 in; 83.82 cm x 4.1275 cm

overall, scabbard: 5/8 in x 2 in x 33 in; 1.5875 cm x 5.08 cm x 83.82 cm

overall, sword: 2 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 38 1/2 in; 6.985 cm x 12.065 cm x 97.79 cm

Object Name:

Sword

sword

Other Terms:

Sword; Edged Weapons; Presentation

Place Made:

United States: Massachusetts, Chicopee

Presented:

United States: Illinois, Jo Daviess

Associated Place:

United States: Massachusetts, Chicopee

Date made:

ca 1850

ca 1863

Subject:

Edged Weapons  Search this

Related event:

Mexican War  Search this

Credit Line:

Julia Dent Grant and William H. Vanderbilt

ID Number:

AF.2990

Catalog number:

2990

Accession number:

18528

Collector/donor number:

AN 74 A

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-23a3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_420452

Recipient:

Brooke, John Rutter  Search this

Maker:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Physical Description:

metal, gilt (scabbard material)

metal, steel (blade material)

metal (hilt material)

Measurements:

blade: 31 1/2 in x 1 1/8 in; 80.01 cm x 2.8575 cm

scabbard: 32 3/4 in x 2 in; 83.185 cm x 5.08 cm

overall: 39 in x 4 3/4 in; 99.06 cm x 12.065 cm

overall, scabbard: 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 32 7/8 in; 1.905 cm x 8.5725 cm x 83.5025 cm

overall, sword: 1 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 39 in; 3.175 cm x 12.065 cm x 99.06 cm

Object Name:

Sword

sword

Other Terms:

Sword; Edged Weapons; Presentation

Place Made:

United States: Massachusetts, Chicopee

Referenced:

United States: Pennsylvania

Date made:

1862

Date presented:

1862 01 27

Subject:

Edged Weapons  Search this

Related event:

Civil War  Search this

Credit Line:

Major General John R. Brooke, U.S. Army

ID Number:

AF.22923

Catalog number:

22923

Accession number:

63843

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-23a7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_420460

Recipient:

Garland, John  Search this

Maker:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Physical Description:

metal, gilt (scabbard material)

metal, steel (blade material)

metal (hilt material)

stone (hilt material)

Measurements:

overall: 38 1/4 in x 5 in; 97.155 cm x 12.7 cm

blade: 31 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 79.375 cm x 2.8575 cm

scabbard: 32 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 83.185 cm x 6.985 cm

overall, scabbard: 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 32 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 7.3025 cm x 82.8675 cm

overall, sword: 1 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 38 3/8 in; 3.175 cm x 13.97 cm x 97.4725 cm

Object Name:

Sword

sword

Other Terms:

Sword; Edged Weapons; Presentation

Place Made:

United States: Massachusetts, Chicopee

Referenced:

United States: Texas, Brownsville

Mexico: Nuevo León, Monterrey

Date made:

ca 1846

Subject:

Edged Weapons  Search this

Related event:

Mexican War  Search this

Credit Line:

Jane H. Lambert

ID Number:

AF.36670

Catalog number:

36670

Accession number:

110438

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-1b3a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_420931

Recipient:

President Ulysses S. Grant  Search this

Associated person:

Graham, G. W.  Search this

Lagow, C. B.  Search this

Marsh, C. C.  Search this

Hook, John  Search this

Maker of sword:

Schuyler, Hartley & Graham  Search this

Maker of scabbard:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Physical Description:

metal, gilt (scabbard material)

metal, steel (blade material)

metal, gilt (hilt material)

ivory (hilt material)

Measurements:

blade: 31 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 79.375 cm x 1.905 cm

scabbard: 23 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 59.3725 cm x 4.1275 cm

overall: 37 3/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 95.885 cm x 10.795 cm

overall, scabbard: 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 32 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 6.6675 cm x 82.55 cm

overall, sword: 2 3/4 in x 4 1/8 in x 37 3/4 in; 6.985 cm x 10.4775 cm x 95.885 cm

Object Name:

Sword

sword

Other Terms:

Sword; Edged Weapons; Presentation

Sword:

United States: New York, New York

Scabbard:

United States: Massachusetts, Chicopee

Presented in:

United States: Illinois, Galena

Date made:

1861

Date presented:

1861

Subject:

Edged Weapons  Search this

Related event:

Civil War  Search this

Credit Line:

Julia Dent Grant and William H. Vanderbilt

ID Number:

AF.2989

Catalog number:

2989

Accession number:

18528

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-1b3f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_420937

Recipient:

Magruder, John Bankhead  Search this

Maker of sword:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Maker of scabbard:

Bailey and Company  Search this

Physical Description:

metal, gilt (scabbard material)

metal, steel (blade material)

metal (hilt material)

Measurements:

blade: 31 in x 1 in; 78.74 cm x 2.54 cm

scabbard: 31 7/8 in x 2 in; 80.9625 cm x 5.08 cm

overall: 38 1/2 in x 5 in; 97.79 cm x 12.7 cm

overall, scabbard: 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 31 7/8 in; 1.905 cm x 8.5725 cm x 80.9625 cm

overall, sword: 1 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 38 1/4 in; 2.8575 cm x 12.065 cm x 97.155 cm

Object Name:

Sword

sword

Other Terms:

Sword; Edged Weapons; Presentation

Place made of sword:

United States: Massachusetts, Chicopee

Place made of scabbard:

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Referenced:

United States: New Mexico, Mexico City

Mexico: Veracruz

Date made:

ca 1850

Subject:

Edged Weapons  Search this

Related event:

Mexican War  Search this

Credit Line:

Henry R. Magruder

ID Number:

AF.10794

Catalog number:

10794

Accession number:

47577

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-1e6f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_420942

Recipient:

Scott, Winfield  Search this

Maker:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Physical Description:

metal; gilt (scabbard material)

metal (blade material)

metal; mother of pearl (grip material)

Measurements:

blade: 31 in x 1 1/8 in; 78.74 cm x 2.8575 cm

scabbard: 32 in x 2 7/8 in; 81.28 cm x 7.3025 cm

overall: 37 3/4 in x 5 1/8 in; 95.885 cm x 13.0175 cm

overall, scabbard: 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 32 in; 1.5875 cm x 7.3025 cm x 81.28 cm

overall, sword knot: 1 1/4 in x 19 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 3.175 cm x 48.895 cm x 2.8575 cm

overall, sword: 1 1/4 in x 5 in x 37 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 12.7 cm x 95.885 cm

Object Name:

Sword

sword

Other Terms:

Sword; Edged Weapons; Presentation

Place made:

United States: Massachusetts, Chicopee

Given by; given in:

United States: Louisiana

Referenced:

Mexico: Veracruz

United States: New Mexico, Mexico City

Date made:

ca 1848

Subject:

Edged Weapons  Search this

Related event:

Mexican War  Search this

Credit Line:

Virginia Scott Hoyt

ID Number:

AF.41635

Catalog number:

41635

Accession number:

152161

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-65eb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_438743

User:

Sherman, William Tecumseh  Search this

Maker:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Physical Description:

steel (overall material)

brass (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 8 in x 39 in x 4 in; 20.32 cm x 99.06 cm x 10.16 cm

Object Name:

sword

Other Terms:

sword; Edged Weapons; Army; Foot Officer; Officer

Used:

United States: Tennessee

Date made:

ca 1850-1862

Used date:

1862-04-06 through 1862-04-08

Subject:

Civil War  Search this

Related event:

Civil War  Search this

Battle of Shiloh, 1862  Search this

Civil War and Reconstruction  Search this

Credit Line:

Hon. P. Tecumseh Sherman

ID Number:

AF.15926

Catalog number:

15926

Accession number:

59388

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William Tecumseh Sherman

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Exhibition:

Price of Freedom

Exhibition Location:

National Museum of American History

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-65ef-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_438751

Recipient:

Foster, Albert H.  Search this

Maker:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Physical Description:

metal: gilt (scabbard material)

metal (hilt material)

metal (blade material)

shark skin (grip material)

Measurements:

scabbard: 33 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 84.455 cm x 5.715 cm

blade: 32 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 81.915 cm x 2.8575 cm

overall: 38 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in; 97.79 cm x 12.065 cm

Object Name:

sword

Other Terms:

Army; Staff Officer; Field Grade Officer; Officer; Presentation

Place made:

United States: Massachusetts, Chicopee

Referenced:

United States: Virginia, Roanoke

Date made:

ca 1862

Date presented:

1862

Subject:

Edged Weapons  Search this

Web subject:

Civil War  Search this

Related event:

Civil War  Search this

Credit Line:

Mrs. R. A. Foster

ID Number:

AF.5836

Catalog number:

5836

Accession number:

24418

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Civil War Presentation Swords

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-67b5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_440541

Created by:

Ames Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1791  Search this

Medium:

brass (alloy) and steel

Dimensions:

H x W x D: Handle: 7 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (17.8 x 11.4 x 6.4 cm)

H x W x D: Overall: 32 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (81.3 x 11.4 x 6.4 cm)

H x W x D: Blade: 26 x 7/8 x 1/4 in. (66 x 2.2 x 0.6 cm)

Type:

swords

Date:

1861-1865

Topic:

African American  Search this

Military  Search this

Slavery  Search this

U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2011.4.4

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Tools and Equipment-Weapons and ammunition

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52d57744b-d909-4c5b-ab84-de92e798fc55

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.4.4

Maker:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Object Name:

Sword

Other Terms:

Sword; Edged Weapons; Army; Field Grade Officer; Staff Officer; Officer

Credit Line:

Mrs. Leonard Wood

ID Number:

AF.36001

Catalog number:

36001

Accession number:

105588

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Exhibition:

Price of Freedom

Exhibition Location:

National Museum of American History

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-6e7d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_440199

Maker:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Measurements:

overall, scabbard: 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 28 3/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 7.3025 cm x 73.025 cm

overall, sword: 3 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 34 1/2 in; 8.255 cm x 11.43 cm x 87.63 cm

Object Name:

Sword

sword

Other Terms:

Sword; Edged Weapons; Army; Staff Officer; Field Grade Officer; Officer

Credit Line:

Edith Austin

ID Number:

AF.53327

Catalog number:

53327

Accession number:

188681

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-6009-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_440442

Maker:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Measurements:

overall, scabbard: 7/8 in x 3 in x 33 in; 2.2225 cm x 7.62 cm x 83.82 cm

overall, sword: 3 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in x 37 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 10.795 cm x 95.885 cm

Object Name:

Sword

sword

Other Terms:

Sword; Edged Weapons; Army; Field Grade Officer; 5. Staff Officer; Officer

ID Number:

AF.76820M

Catalog number:

76820M

Accession number:

305112

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-d2d6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_440532

Maker:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Measurements:

overall, scabbard: 1 in x 3 in x 32 3/4 in; 2.54 cm x 7.62 cm x 83.185 cm

overall, sword: 3 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in x 37 1/4 in; 8.89 cm x 9.525 cm x 94.615 cm

Object Name:

Sword

sword

Other Terms:

Sword; Edged Weapons; Army; 5. Staff Officer; Field Grade Officer; Officer

Credit Line:

Hannah B. Shaw

ID Number:

AF.38018

Catalog number:

38018

Accession number:

119409

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-6c4d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_440533

Maker:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Measurements:

overall, scabbard, shorter piece: 1 in x 3 1/8 in x 10 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 7.9375 cm x 26.67 cm

overall, sword: 3 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 36 1/4 in; 7.9375 cm x 12.065 cm x 92.075 cm

overall, scabbard, longer piece: 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 18 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 3.81 cm x 46.6725 cm

Object Name:

Sword

sword

Other Terms:

Sword; Edged Weapons; Army; 2. Foot Officer

ID Number:

AF.42622

Catalog number:

42622

Accession number:

163938

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-689f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_440546

Maker:

Ames Manufacturing Company  Search this

Measurements:

overall, scabbard: 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 31 1/4 in; 1.27 cm x 5.3975 cm x 79.375 cm

overall, sword: 1 in x 5 1/2 in x 36 3/8 in; 2.54 cm x 13.97 cm x 92.3925 cm

Object Name:

Sword

sword

Other Terms:

Sword; Edged Weapons

ID Number:

AF.65747M

Catalog number:

65747M

Accession number:

222195

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b1-b11f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_440880