Model 1860 Cavalry Saber Presented to Capt. David McMurtrie Gregg
date: label: date made
content: ca 1862
name: label: user
content: Gregg, David McMurtrie
label: maker
content: Collins & Co.
label: maker
content: Tiffany & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This Presentation Grade Model 1860 Cavalry Saber was presented to Captain David McMurtrie Gregg by Company E of the 6th Regiment of U.S. Cavalry on January 25, 1862 when he left the regiment to take charge of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Gregg rose from captain to brigadier general in command of a cavalry division during the Civil War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: associated place
content: United States
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.36927
label: catalog number
content: 36927
label: accession number
content: 112646
objectType: label: Object Name
content: saber
label: Object Name
content: saber
label: Other Terms
content: saber; Edged Weapons; Army; Cavalry, Heavy; Officer; Presentation
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, scabbard: 1 in x 3 3/4 in x 36 3/4 in; 2.54 cm x 9.525 cm x 93.345 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, saber: 3 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 40 5/8 in; 9.525 cm x 11.43 cm x 103.1875 cm