Presentation Sword and Scabbard
date: label: date made
content: 1862
name: label: user
content: Wilkes, Charles
label: maker
content: Shreve, Stanwood and Company
notes: label: Description
content: In November of 1861 Capt. Charles Wilkes, in command of the USS San Jacinto, stopped the British ship RMS Trent and arrested two Confederate diplomats, James Mason and John Slidell. While the British Government demanded an apology and the U.S. Government disavowed Wilkes' action, the people of Boston decided to reward Wilkes with this beautiful presentation sword.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: 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: Civil War
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Jane Wilkes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.14946
label: catalog number
content: 14946
label: accession number
content: 56944
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sword and scabbard
label: Other Terms
content: sword; sword and scabbard; Edged Weapons; Presentation
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 3/4 in; 83.185 cm