Saber Bayonet for the Confederate Cook & Brother Rifle
date: label: date made
content: ca 1861
name: label: maker
content: Cook and Brother
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This saber bayonet was made for use on the Confederate Cook & Brother rifle. The hilt is marked "SUNFLOWERGUARD." The Sunflower Guards were Company I of the 21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment. The company was raised in Sunflower County, Mississippi.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Georgia
label: place made
content: United States: Confederate States of America
topic: label: Subject
content: Edged Weapons
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Cassie Mason Myers Julian-James
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.33697
label: catalog number
content: 33697
label: accession number
content: 70138
label: serial number
content: 44
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bayonet
label: Object Name
content: bayonet, saber
label: Other Terms
content: bayonet; Edged Weapons; CSA, Army; Sword
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 27 1/2 in x 1 in; 10.16 cm x 69.85 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: part: blade: 22 1/2 in; 57.15 cm