Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- associated institution
- Navy Department
- date made
- ca 1862
- Measurements
- 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
- 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
- Object Name
- sword
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