7" single-edged clip-point bowie blade with 4.5" false edge, 1" wide at ricasso. 11.75" overall length, with 4.5" German silver hilt with incised game scenes in the grip panels and 2.25" scalloped guard. Reverse fo blade etched with flowing foliate scrolls and a panoply of arms, with the ricasso marked: SINGLETON & CO in an arch over SHEFFIELD. Knife is accompanied by a German silver mounted front-seamed brown leather scabbard with a frog stud on the upper mount.

9.5" double-edged spear point blade, marked near the guard DCL , Wilson Swift Broad St Sheffield. Dark horn handle with German silver pommel both sides, German silver double arched guard. German silver escutcheon on one side. German silver pommel with eagle and snake. Green leather gold embossed leather scabbard with German silver throat.

6.75" clip point blade, 5" false edge, coffin head pommel. German silver escutcheon with German silver pins holding the original ivory grips. No scabbard. Marked along the false edge in a rectangular cartouche W. S. Butcher Sheffield .

9.75" spear point blade, marked on the ricasso Joseph Hawley's Celebrated , pearl handles, German silver tang, guard, and pommel. Green leather gold embossed scabbard with German silver tip and throat.

9" clip point blade. Blade marked Plum Bristol , German silver guard and pommel. Stag handle, leather scabbard with German silver tip and throat.

7.25" spear point single-edge blade. Marked along the false edge Joseph Rodgers Cutlers to his Majesties, Sheffield England . Leather scabbard with German silver tip and throat. German silver guard checkered handle.

32" curved, single-edged spear-point blade with an 8" false edge and a 22" stopped fuller. 38" in overall length with a 6" gilt brass hilt with cast US and foliate themes in the guard. Grooved wood grip with shagreen cover and fourteen wraps of gilt twisted pair wire, leather throat washer. Reverse ricasso marked with the Ames "scroll mark" reading Made By / AMES MFG. Co / CHICOPEE / MASS. Reverse of blade with frosty etched panel with foliate scrolls and a panoply of arms and US as the central theme, obverse with similar foliate patterns a panoply of arms and a spread winged eagle. Gold gilt brass scabbard with engraved foliate and geometric decorations and a panoply of arms on the body and oak leaf engraved mounts. Presentation engraved between the upper mounts on the obverse reads in four lines: Presented to / Lieut. W. J. Clark / By his Friends / April 3rd 1863 . Research in service records of Civil War soldiers suggests that this sword was presented to Waldo J. Clark of Rupert, VT.

Waldo Clark enlisted in the 1st Vermont Cavalry as a sergeant on September 27, 1861 and was mustered into Company G of that regiment on 19th of November. On May 24, 1862 at a skirmish near Middletown, VA elements of the 1st Vermont Cavalry accidentally charged supporting elements of the 1st Maine Cavalry, resulting in many of the men being cut off from the main body of troops and 4 members of the 1st VT being killed, 8 wounded and 80 captured; among them Sgt. Clark. He was paroled that same day and returned to service officially on September 13, 1862. Clark was promoted to Lieutenant on April 28, 1863 and was wounded on May 30, 1863 at Greenwich, VA. Lt. Clark was mustered out of service on November 18, 1864. The 1st Vermont Cavalry was one of the hardest fought of the Army of the Potomac, fighting in at least 75 different engagements from skirmishes to major campaigns like Gettysburg. Much of their service between 1862 and 1864 was in the Shenandoah Valley, searching for and fighting such notable Confederate cavalry commanders as Turner Ashby and John Singleton Mosby. It was Asby's men that captured Clark and elements of the 1st VT at Middletown and Mosbly's men who wounded Clark during his raid on Catlett's Station on May 30, 1863.

31.75" single-edged spear-point blade with 6" false edge and 22" stopped median fuller. 37.75" overall length with 6" gilt brass hilt with cast foliate guard with US in the face. Eagle head quillon with garnet eyes. Grip cast in the form of wire-wrapped grooved wood. No makers mark present but the Emerson and Silver keystone mark is present on the obverse ricasso, indicating that they provided the blade. Similar garnet-eyed eagle head hilts have been attributed to Clauberg, and the scabbard mounts are similar to those found on some Clauberg presentation swords as well. The sword was likely assembled by a retailer like Canfield Brothers & Co in Baltimore or more likely W.G. Mintzger of Philadelphia. Blade with there-quarter length etching depicting foliate scrolls panoplies of arms, martial themes, an American ragle on the obverse and US on the reverse. Blued metal scabbard with scalloped-edged, engraved gilt brass mounts and a cast foliate presentation panel that reads: Presented to / Lieut. E. McEwen / by the Members of / Co. K 95th Regt. P.V. March 2, 1863 . A gold sword knot is included as well as some nice display documents from the consignor.

Edwin McEwen enlisted in the 95th Pennsylvania Volunteers on September 13, 1861 as a 1st Sergeant and was mustered into Company F of the regiment on that same day. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on July 16, 1862 and was transferred from Company F to Company K. He was promoted to 1st Lieutenant on March 26, 1863. Lieutenant McEwen was wounded at Cold Harbor on June 2, 1864. Lt. McEwen mustered out of service on November 2, 1864.

The 95th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was formed in Philadelphia during the summer and fall of 1861 and was initially known as "Gosline's Zouves" for their founding colonel and flashy uniforms during the early days of the war. Initially the regiment spent its time in camp in the defenses of Washington, but by the spring of 1862 were in the field in Virginia. The regiment took part in the Peninsular Campaign of 1862 including the Seven Days battles before Richmond in the summer of 1862 and spent the fall of 1862 participating in the Maryland Campaign, seeing action at South Mountain and Antietam. The regiment finished the year at Fredericksburg and started 1863 on Burnside's infamous "Mud March." The regiment participated in the Chancellorsville Campaign, the Gettysburg Campaign, the Bristoe Campaign and the Mine Run Campaign; all during 1863. The regimental monument at Gettysburg lists 1st Lieutenant McEwen of Company K on the memorial plaque. The regiment took part in Grant's Overland Campaign of 1864 including Brandy Station, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Cold Harbor and on to the Siege of Petersburg. In July the regiment was detached from the Petersburg trenches to help protect Washington from Early's advance and spent the balance of the year fighting numerous actions in the Shenandoah Valley. In 1865, the regiment returned to Petersburg, completing that campaign, continuing to harass Lee's army through the Appomattox campaign and ended their service by marching in the Grand Review. During their service the regiment lost 11 officers and 171 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 72 enlisted men to disease.

26" slightly curved single-edged blade, with 7" false edge, 17" stopped median fuller and 12" narrow fuller at spine. Gold gilt cast brass guard with acorns and oak leaves and USN in a ribbon on its face. Forward swept dolphin head quillon, acanthus leaf decorations around edge of pommel cap. Pommel cap cast with a droop-winged American eagle surrounded by 13 stars. 5.25" grip with grooved wooden handle covered by gray shagreen with 15 wraps of twisted brass wire. Blade etched with a bold U.S.N. in a ribbon on the reverse at center with additional images of an American eagle, fouled anchor, a bowline knot and foliate scrolls. Obverse etched with panoplies of arms, an American shield and anchor and both foliate and geometric patterns. Above the ricasso the obverse blade is etched AMES Mfg. Co / Chicopee / Mass in three lines, with the obverse ricasso stamped 1852. The reverse ricasso is stamped P/R.B.H., the inspection mark of US Naval inspecting officer Lt. Robert B. Hitchcock. Sword is contained in its Ames factory leather scabbard with gilt brass mounts. The two suspension mounts feature the standard knotted rope motif while the drag is cast with a sea serpent around its edge. The throat is marked on the reverse in three lines: AMES MFG. CO. / CHICOPEE / MASS . In 1852, the US Navy adopted a new pattern of officer's sword. At that time they ordered 500 of the new swords from Ames, and these swords were inspected by Lt. Hitchcock. These swords were then issued to all current US Naval Officers in the service, leaving less than 20 swords unissued at that time. As officers were required to purchase their own uniforms and sidearms, officer's swords were very rarely acquired on contract, inspected like other ordnance and then issued. This is an exceptionally rare example of a US Navy contract M1852 sword from Ames, correctly dated 1852 and bearing the correct inspection marks. A true rarity for the US Naval collector and an item rarely seen for sale.

33" single-edged spear point blade with 19.25" fuller. 5.25" iron hilt with British infantry crowned hunting horn in guard. Grooved wood grip with shagreen cover and 8 wraps of three strand wire. Solingen maker mark on ricasso that appears to read FY Horster / Solingen . Obverse blade etched with floral and patriotic martial themes including a spread-winged American eagle and an E Pluribus Unum banner. Reverse with martial and foliate theme and a central US. Iron scabbard with iron mounts and two suspension rings. A silver shield shaped presentation plaque is attached at the throat that is engraved: Presented to Lieut. N.T. Colby / by Co. D. 23rd Regt. NYV / Jany. 25th, 1862. The sword is accompanied by an extensive folder with Colby's service records, a framed copy of a photo of Colby and a framed tin type of Colby with clipped corners. Colby authored a post-war autobiography of his wartime experiences entitled The Civil War Papers of Lt. Colonel Newton T. Colby , New York Infantry .

29-year-old Newton T. Colby was commissioned into the 23rd NY Infantry on May 6, 1861 as a 1st Lieutenant. 11 days later he was transferred to the Field & Staff of the regiment and one day shy of a year later, on May 15, 1862 he resigned. On August 11, 1862 he was commissioned the Captain of Company I of the 107th NY Volunteer Regiment. On December 31, 1862 he was promoted to Major and was transferred to the Field & Staff of the regiment. On February 4, 1863 he was promoted to Lt. Colonel. On September 5, 1863 Colby was discharged for disability. During his service with the 107th NY Colby's regiment participated in the battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Within a month of being discharged, the 107th was transferred from the Army of the Potomac to the Army of the Cumberland and spent the rest of the war in the Western Theater.

32.75" curved, single-edged blade with a 24.5" stopped fuller. 38.5" in overall length with 5.75" gilt brass hilt with three-branch guard, Phrygian helmet pommel cap and cast acanthus leaf decorations. Grooved wood grip with shagreen covering and fourteen wraps of multi-strand wire with a coiled center strand flanked by two plain strands. Etched blade with foliate motifs, panoplies of arms, an American eagle and E Pluribus Unum on the obverse and similar patterns with a US as the central theme on the reverse. Obverse ricasso etched: W.H. / HORSTMANN / & SONS / PHILADELPHIA. Includes metal scabbard with plain gilt brass mounts and gold sword knot. An old hand written tag attached to the guard reads: Col. George Rogers / Mt. Vernon Ohio . No supporting documentation or provenance is provided.

35.5" slightly curved, single-edged semi-quill backed spear-point blade with pronounced, rounded spine. Obverse ricasso etched FITCH & / WALDO / NEW YORK. Blade etched with martial and foliate themes on both sides. 5.5"gilt brass hilt with decorative three-branch guard with foliate themed additions to the conventional branches. Vertically grooved grip with sheet silver wrap. Gold sword knot attached to knuckle bow. Browned metal scabbard with engraved gilt brass mounts with two suspension rings and an applied German Silver shield-shaped plaque between the mounts that reads: Presented to Lieut. Edward Lake by the members of Co. F, 1st New York "Lincoln" Cav'y .

Edward Lake was 19 years old when he enlisted in the 1st New York Cavalry in Syracuse on July 23, 1861. He re-enlisted on January 1, 1864 and on that same day was promoted to 1st Sergeant. On February 23, 1865, Sergeant Lake was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant and transferred from Company F to Company K. He was mustered out in Alexandria, VA on June 27, 1865. Although initially assigned to the defenses in and around Washington, the 1st NY Cavalry was soon in the field and participated in some 230 engagements ranging from skirmishes to some of the most storied battles of the war. The regiment operated under some of the most historic of the Union cavalry commanders, including Stoneman, Pleasonton, Sheridan, Kilpatrick and Crook. Highlights of their service included Slaughter's Station, the Peninsular Campaign of 1862, Antietam, operations in support of the Gettysburg Campaign, and the Appomattox Campaign. The regiment spent most of their time during 1863 and 1864 operating in and around the Shenandoah Valley, with repeated appearances in the Winchester area, as well as in and around Upperville, operating in the corridor that is now US 50 between Winchester and Washington D.C. The sword was apparently presented to Lake by the men of Company F upon his promotion to lieutenant and transfer to Company K as a sign of the respect and admiration they had for their first sergeant.

31.25" single-edged spear point blade with 28" median fuller and 23" long narrow fuller along spine. 5.25" cast brass hilt with open-work foliate guard. Grooved wood grip with shagreen covering and 12 wraps of twisted brass wire. Gold sword knot attached to guard. Brass mounted leather scabbard with two suspension ring, upper mount engraved on the obverse: Lieut. J.R. Shoemaker / Company F / 34th Regiment / N.Y.S.V. / 1861 .

Joseph R. Shoemaker enlisted in the 34th New York State Volunteer Infantry on May 1, 1861 in Herkimer, NY. He resigned on July 26, 1862. While the 34th NY was heavily engaged at Antietam and Chancellorsville, Lt. Shoemaker was not present for any of those event, having resigned in July of 1862.

33.5" slightly curved single-edged spear point blade with 23.5" stopped median fuller. 5.25" iron hilt with cut iron guard with a spread winged eagle motif, grooved wood grip covered in shagreen with 8 wraps of double strand twisted brass wire. Peterson 75 pattern "Non Regulation" imported staff & field officer's sword. Blade etched FITCH / & / WALDO / NEW YORK on obverse ricasso, and with C LAUBERG / SOLINGEN in an oval around a standing knight. Obverse blade etched with spread-winged eagle surrounded by sunburst rays with gold gilt highlights and the reverse etched with a US surrounded by foliate boarders. Steel scabbard with iron mounts and two suspension rings. Obverse scabbard etched with a presentation between the upper and middle mounts that reads: Presented to / Capt. Wm. S. Diller / Co. D 76th PA Vol. Infy. / By the non commissioned officers / And privates of his company / Morris Island, S.C. / July 25, 1863 .

William S. Diller of York County, PA was commissioned into the 76th PA Infantry as a 2nd Lt. on October 16, 1861. During his service he was promoted to 1st Lt., then Captain on November 7, 1862 and finally Major on June 12, 1864. On June 12, 1864 he was transferred from his command of Company D to the regimental staff, no doubt the event that promoted the presentation of this staff & field officer's sword by his men. The 76th Pennsylvania spent the first part of their Civil War career in South Carolina, including operations on James Island, taking part in the Battle of Secessionville, the attacks on Morris Island and the attack on Battery Wagner depicted in the film GLORY . The regiment was returned to the Virginia theater of operations in 1864, where they fought at Cold Harbor, proceeded to Petersburg and were part of the Battle of the Crater after the mine explosion. The regiment then returned to the Carolinas, where they were part of the assault on Fort Fisher, the capture of Wilmington and the final campaign against the Army of Tennessee, culminating in Johnston's surrender near Raleigh.

Lot also includes extensive regimental archive relating to the service of the 76th. Archive features three books; Marching Orders, The Civil War Diary of Alexander Crawford Gwin of Company F; Soldiers of Blair County Pennsylvania by Floyd Hoenstine; and 76th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry by Sgt. John A Porter of Company B.

Also includes a wide range of reproduced letters, photographs, and official documents as well as seven original letters written by Corporal Joseph Higgins of Company G, detailing his experiences while serving with the regiment just prior to their deployment to South Carolina. Corporal Higgins' letters detail the experiences shared by countless Civil War veterans, including the illnesses of camp, lack of pay, and the general uncertainly of a soldier's life. Higgins would not survive to see the end of the war, being discharged on a surgeon's certificate in March of 1862 and dying in October that same year. In one letter dated December 1861, Higgins mentions that a "cold settled in on my breast," which may well have developed into the condition that would take his life. A Polaroid photo of his grave as well as an official document locating his grave are also included.

32" curved, single-edged blade with 25" stopped median fuller. 5.25" hilt with single bow brass guard and grooved wooden handle with leather cover and 16 wraps of twisted brass wire. Obverse ricasso stamped U.S. / G.W.S. / 1864 , reverse ricasso stamped in two arched lines: AMES MFG. CO / CHICOPEE over MASS . Pommel cap with small JH inspection. Leather throat washer in place. Steel scabbard with two suspension rings, throat inspected with a W and with no visible inspection on the drag.

30.625" slightly curved, single-edged blade with 7" false edge, 22.5" wide, stopped median fuller and a narrow 16.5" fuller along the spine. Blade marked on reverse ricasso COLLINS & CO in an arc, over HARTFORD / CONN / 1862 . Etched blade retaining only traces of the martial and patriotic themes, but retains a legible TIFFNAY & CO / NEW YORK in a ribbon on the reverse. 5.5" hilt with cast brass half basket guard with foliate decorations and simple knuckle bow. Leather wrapped hilt with 12 wraps wraps of double strand twisted brass wire. Includes a brass mounted leather scabbard with rear center seam.

32" slightly curved single-edged spear point blade with 23" stopped median fuller and narrow 13" fuller along spine. 6" hilt with gold gilt brass open work guard with US in face, flowing foliate motifs and acanthus leaves surrounding the pommel cap. Shagreen covered grooved wood grip with 15 wraps of triple stand wire, the middle wire being coiled. Blade with frosty etching marked W.H. / HORTSMAN / & SON / PHILADELPHIA on the obverse ricasso with patriotic motifs, foliate scrolls, panoplies of arms, an American eagle and E Pluribus Unum in a ribbon. Reverse etched with more foliate scrolls, patriotic motifs, panoplies of arms and a large U.S. as the central panel. Accompanied by a lacquer browned metal scabbard with gilt brass mounts.

28" curved single-edged blade with 19.5" median fuller. 5" brass hilt with two-branch guard and knuckle bow. Grooved wood grip with thin leather covering and 13 wraps of single-strand brass wire. Butt leather throat washer. Brass mounted leather scabbard with suspension rings on throat and middle mount. Throat with front stud as well.

34.75" curved, single-edged blade with 27.5" stopped median fuller. 40.75" in overall length, with a gilt brass 6" hilt with three-branch guard and Phrygian helmet pommel. Grooved wood grip with top-seamed shagreen cover and thirteen wraps of dragoon style gilt wire, with a twisted pair flanked by two plain wires. Blade etched IRON PROOF on spine and with deeply etched flowing foliate motifs on the obverse with an American eagle and panoply of arms as the central themes. The reverse of the blade engraved in a similar fashion with flowing vines, foliate scrolls a panoply of arms and with the letters USC (US Cavalry) as the central motif. The ricasso is etched C. ROBY & CO / W. CHELMSFORD / MASS. Partial buff washer in place at throat. Sword is accompanied by it correct pattern gilt brass mounted, browned metal scabbard with two suspension rings and a prominent lap seam along the lower edge. Plain hilt cavalry officer's sabers with etched blades are uncommon, as a company grade officer on a budget was more likely to acquire the more practical variant with a decorative hilt with a plain blade. A fine example of an uncommon cavalry officer's saber by a prominent American maker and retailer.

34.5" curved, single-edged blade with 26.5" stopped median fuller. 40.75" in overall length, with 6" brass hilt, three-branch guard and Phrygian helmet pommel cap. Grooved wood handle covered in leather with 11 wraps of two-strand twisted brass wire. Reverse ricasso with four line Ames "scroll mark" address reading Made By / AMES MFG. CO. / CHICOPEE / MASS. with the last line being a little weak. obverse ricasso stamped US / G.W.C. / 1864, pommel cap with J.F. inspection. Leather throat washer in place. Bright metal scabbard with two suspension rings and inspected G.K.C. on the obverse drag. A very nice example of an 1864 dated Ames cavalry saber in a far above average state of preservation.

29" single-edged spear-point blade with 20" stopped median fuller. 34.5" overall length with 5.5" 14k gold hilt with single sea serpent themed knuckle bow and sea serpent quillon. Hilt cast with the New York State Seal and oak leaf clusters on the interior of the guard as well as the coat of arms of the City of Albany, NY. Pommel cap cast with American eagle motif surrounded by thirteen stars. Hilt marked 14k. Grooved wood grip with bottom seamed white shagreen cover and ten wraps of two-strand twisted gold wire. The reverse of the blade is deeply engraved with the gold gilt presentation: Presented to Commander Daniel Delehanty, by the Citizens of Albany New York , surrounded by foliate designs. Browned metal scabbard with heavily decorated 14k marked gold mounts and gold gilt decorations on the scabbard body. Upper mount cast with a spread-winged American eagle with a laurel wreath of stars above its head and Delehanty's initials below the knotted rope suspension mount. Middle mount with a sea serpent encircling Poseidon's trident and another knotted rope suspension mount. Drag with a sea serpent decoration and oak and laurel leaf clusters. Scabbard body with decorative gold boarder lines, foliate motifs and thirteen stars in the upper obverse panel between the upper and middle mounts. The reverse of the scabbard decorated en-suite, without the stars. This sword was the subject of a April 19, 1899 article in the Jeweler's Circular, where the sword is pictured and described and noted to be entirely 14k gold mounted and produced for presentation to Commander Delehanty by the Gorham Manufacturing Company, on order from James Mix jewelers of Albany, NY at the cost of $1,000; the ecomenic impact equivalent of nearly 1 Million Dollars today!

Daniel Delehanty (1844-1918) joined the US Navy at the age of 16 and saw service during the Civil War in the blockading squadrons operating in the Atlantic and the Gulf. He received an appointment to Annapolis from President Lincoln during the war and graduated in 1867. He was promoted to Ensign in 1868 and to Master in 1870, achieving the rank of Lieutenant in 1872. He saw service around the world with the post-Civil War US Navy, which was dedicated to the expansion of American influence and the opening of trade with previously isolated locations like Asia and the Pacific Islands. He also saw shore duty at a number of locations including the Mare Island Navy Yard, the US Naval Academy and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. While stationed at the Academy he was an instructor in naval tactics, ship building and seamanship. In 1892, he was promoted to Lt. Commander and was subsequently assigned to the be the US Naval supervisor of New York Harbor, where he invented the Delehanty "self-dumping and self-propelling garbage scow". He later served as the Executive Officer of the Battleship Texas, and saw service during the Spanish American War in Cuba. In 1898, he was appointed to be the Governor of the Sailors' Snug Harbor. The Sailors' Snug Harbor was an old age and retirement home of "aged decrepit and worn out seamen", established in 1833 on Staten Island at the bequest of Revolutionary War solider and sea master Robert Richard Randall. This sword was presented to Delehanty at the Sailor's Snug Harbor on April 8, 1899.

26" curved single-edged blade with 18.5" median fuller. 6" hilt with brass half-basket guard and leather covered grooved wood grip. Reverse ricasso with three-line Ames scroll address, obverse ricasso dated 1862. Interior of guard quillon rack marked 10M/244 . No scabbard present.