Saber Bayonet for Model 1855 Rifle used by Frank E. Brownell
date: label: date made
content: ca 1855
name: label: associated person
content: Brownell, Frank E.
label: associated person
content: Ellsworth, Elmer E.
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sergeant Frank E. Brownell, of the Ellsworth Zouaves, stabbed James W. Jackson, the proprietor of the Marshall House hotel at Alexandria, VA with this bayonet. Jackson had mortally wounded Col. E.E. Ellsworth, United States Volunteers, for hauling down the Confederate flag from the hotel roof.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: Subject
content: Edged Weapons
label: web subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Frank E. Brownell
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Frank E. Brownell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.5611
label: catalog number
content: 5611
label: accession number
content: 22306
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bayonet
label: Object Name
content: bayonet, saber
label: Other Terms
content: bayonet; Edged Weapons; Army; Sword
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 26 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 9.525 cm x 67.31 cm x 3.175 cm