Confederate Naval Officers Sword
date: label: date made
content: ca 1862
name: label: associated institution
content: Navy Department
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This Confederate Naval Officers Sword was manufactured by Mole & Son of Birmingham, England and sold by Courtney & Tennant of Charleston, South Carolina. It was taken from a Confederate officer when the commerce raider C.S.S. Florida was seized by the U.S.S. Wachusett off the coast of Brazil in October 1864.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Birmingham, Birmingham
label: associated place
content: United States: Confederate States of America
topic: label: Subject
content: Naval History
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.287124
label: accession number
content: 58284
label: catalog number
content: 287124
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sword
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, sword: 3 in x 4 3/8 in x 36 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 11.1125 cm x 92.075 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, scabbard: 7/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 29 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.6675 cm x 75.565 cm