US Army officer's Model 1850 sword

Titles: US Army officer's Model 1850 sword (Supplied title)

Description: United States Army Staff and Field Officer's Model 1850 sword. The etched sword has a slightly curved, single-edged blade and a Phrygian helmet type brass hilt with fishskin grips bound with brass wire. It was used during the Civil War by Adjutant Alonzo Putnum Connolly of the 6th Minnesota Volunteer Regiment. C. Collins and Company supplied the blade to Tiffany and Company, who made the hilt and did the etching, 1862.

Dates

• 1862 (Date stamped) (Creation)
• 1861 - 1865 (Civil War) (Content)

Creation

• made by: C. Collins & Co.
• made by: Tiffany and Company
• issued by: United States, Army, Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 6th (1862-1865)
• owned/used by: Connolly, A. P. (Alonzo P.)

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 75.51.1

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 38 3/8 inches length (overall)
• 31 3/4 inches length (blade)
• 1 1/8 inches width (blade)

Subjects

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