Sword Presented to James Crall
date: label: date made
content: ca 1864
name: label: recipient
content: Crall, James S.
label: maker
content: W. Clauberg
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Presented to Major James Crall by the non-commissioned officers and privates of the 82nd Ohio Regiment
label: Description
content: James S. Crall was an officer of the 82nd Ohio Infantry Regiment throughout the Civil War. He mustered out with his regiment in July, 1865.
label: Description
content: The blade of this sword is long, slightly curved, and single edged. The fuller extends about two thirds of the way to the tip of the blade, and both sides are decorated in floral designs in silver chasing. The obverse features US arms, a banner reading "E PLURIBUS / UNUM", an eagle, a small etched scene with a field and mountains, and the inscription “MAJOR / JAMES S. CRALL / 182d. REG. / OHIO VOL.” The grip is cylindrical. On the obverse, there is a cast of Columbia holding a sword in her right hand and a US shield in her left. The reverse is decorated with a "US" monogram that is surrounded in scroll and floral designs. The pommel bears oak scrolls on the bottom and is surmounted by an eagle standing on a ball. The knuckle guard is a thin strip of gold metal decorated in oak scrolls. The counterguard is decorated in casting of military trophies, including a US shield and a liberty pole and cap. All of this terminates in a quillon which extends downward toward the blade and bears a scroll pattern.
label: Description
content: The scabbard bears three gold mounts, two of which are decorated with war trophies and the third with a US cavalryman. The reverse of the mounts feature scroll designs. Between the first two mounts is the inscription “PRESENTED TO / Major Games S. Crall / BY THE / NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS / & PRIVATES OF THE 82nd REGT. O.V. IN. / FOR / MERITORIOUS CONDUCT DISPLAYED ON THE / BATTLE FIELDS OF / Manassas Plains, Chancellorsville / & Gettysburg.” There are two carrying rings on this scabbard. They are found on the right side of the top two mounts. The carrying rings are gripped by castings of a hands.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: North Rhine-Westphalia, Solingen
label: referenced
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Gettysburg
label: referenced
content: United States: Virginia, Manassas
label: referenced
content: United States: Virginia, Chancellorsville
topic: label: Subject
content: Edged Weapons
label: web subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Civil War Presentation Swords
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Florence Miller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25460
label: catalog number
content: 25460
label: accession number
content: 64204
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sword
label: Other Terms
content: Edged Weapons; Presentation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, gilt (scabbard material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (blade material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (hilt material)
label: Measurements
content: blade: 32 in x 1 in; 81.28 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: scabbard: 33 in x 3 1/8 in; 83.82 cm x 7.9375 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in; 100.33 cm x 14.605 cm