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Fort Hayes was a military post in Columbus, Ohio, United States.Created by an act of the United States Congress on July 11, 1862, the site was also known as the Columbus Arsenal until 1922, when the site was renamed after former Ohio Governor and later 19th U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes. [2]
J.E.B. Stuart with his 1860 saber. It is shorter, lighter and less curved than the 1840 model 1860 saber. The Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber (also known as the M1862 as this was when the first 80,000 were issued) [1] is a long sword made of steel and brass, used by US cavalry from the American Civil War [2] until the end of the Indian wars; some were still in use during the Spanish–American ...
M. M1860 Cutlass; Mameluke sword; Model 1832 foot artillery sword; Model 1840 army noncommissioned officers' sword; Model 1840 Cavalry Saber; Model 1840 light artillery saber
Swords and cavalry sabres Confederate States Armory Kenansville, North Carolina: 1863 Various edged weapons, lances and equipment 3,700 lance spears, 6,500 bayonets, 11,700 cavalry sabers, 2,700 officers sabers, 600 naval cutlasses, 800 artillery cutlasses [1] Congaree Foundry Columbia, South Carolina: Cook & Brother
American Swords in the Phllip Medicus Collection, by Norm Flayderman, 1998; Civil War Cavalry and Artillery Sabers by John Thillman, 2001 ISBN 978-0-917218-92-7; Swords and Sabers of the Armory at Springfield by Burton A. Kellerstedt; The Army called it home Military Interiors of the 19th Century by William L. Brown III ISBN 978-0939631421
The Model 1913 Cavalry Sword, commonly referred to as the Patton Saber, was a cavalry sword designed for the U.S. Army by Second Lieutenant (later General) George S. Patton Jr. in 1913. Patton suggested the revision from a curved cutting sword to a straight thrusting sword style of attack, following his extensive training in France.
The original Sword of State of South Carolina (early 18th century) was used from 1704 to 1941, when it was stolen. [62] [63] A replacement Sword of State of South Carolina (1800) was used between 1941 and 1951. It was a cavalry sword from the Charleston Museum and was used in the War of 1812 and the American Civil War. [62]
It was adopted due to the army's dissatisfaction with its predecessor the model 1833 Dragoon Saber, the first cavalry sword adopted by the US Army. [3] The iron-hilted M1833 was based on a Napoleonic -era British sword used by heavy cavalry and reputed to wrap "rubber like around a man's head and was only good for cutting butter". [ 4 ]