Model 1852 Naval Officers Sword
name: label: user
content: Howard, Samuel
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This Model 1852 Navy sword and scabbard, closely resembling U.S. Army officers' swords of the period, belonged to Lt. Samuel Howard. Howard volunteered to pilot the U.S.S. Monitor on the very day she fought the historic battle with the C.S.S. Virginia at Hampton Roads in March 1862.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Edged Weapons
label: related event
content: USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia
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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.10540
label: catalog number
content: 10540
label: accession number
content: 45729
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sword
label: Other Terms
content: Edged Weapons; Navy; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 33 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 13.97 cm x 85.09 cm x 8.255 cm