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IDED CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS, JAMES RIVER SQUADRON & C.S.S. WEBB, 1861/65
IDED CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS, JAMES RIVER SQUADRON & C.S.S. WEBB, 1861/65
IDED CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS, JAMES RIVER SQUADRON & C.S.S. WEBB, 1861/65
IDED CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS, JAMES RIVER SQUADRON & C.S.S. WEBB, 1861/65
IDED CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS, JAMES RIVER SQUADRON & C.S.S. WEBB, 1861/65
IDED CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS, JAMES RIVER SQUADRON & C.S.S. WEBB, 1861/65
IDED CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS, JAMES RIVER SQUADRON & C.S.S. WEBB, 1861/65
IDED CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS, JAMES RIVER SQUADRON & C.S.S. WEBB, 1861/65

IDED CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS, JAMES RIVER SQUADRON & C.S.S. WEBB, 1861/65

$ 1581.36

Availability: 100 in stock
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    Description

    IDED CONFEDERATE NAVAL CUTLASS, JAMES RIVER SQDN & C.S.S. WEBB, 1861/65
    This confederate naval cutlass was used by Acting Midshipman Henry Scott when he was assigned with Lieutenant Charles Read to the C.S.S. Webb on April 22, 1865 at Shreveport Louisiana.
    This cutlass is NOT a product of the Ames Manufacturing Company model 1841 as all those were marked with the Ames company name, address, date & inspector marks, this one has no marks!
    I do not know if it a product of Thomas Griswold of New Orleans but the guard/grip/pommel are exactly the same without any screws through the grip to secure it to the tang.
    The pictures I have seen of the Griseald have a different blade & they are marked with CSA & an anchor on the pommel.
    The style of stippled finish on the front & bottom of the guard is very similar.
    It is 26 3/8” long with a 20 7/8” x 1 7/16” double edged blade brass 1 piece guard, grip & pommel cap that has the eagle on both sides.
    The grip does not have the 3 screws on the sides as does the Ames model & the front & bottom of the guard has a stippled finish not the smooth finish as on the Ames model.
    It is in good & well used condition with the still fairly shiny blade that has some light pits here & there, the guard/grip/pommel cap have a nice dark bronze patina & the eagles stamping shows a lot of ware.
    Midshipman Scott carried it while he was in charge of a pair of old iron 12 pounder cannons during the Webb’s race down the Mississippi River on April 23
    rd
    & 24
    th.
    . ending when she was run aground & blown up 25 miles below New Orleans.
    He escaped & finally returned to North Carolina & never surrendered or singed the oath of Allegiance!
    Scott had previously served in the Gospont Navy Yard in 1861/62, on the CSS Morgan in 1862/63 on the CSS Patrick Henry, the Ironclad CSS Virginia # 2 in the James River Squadron, Virginia before being sent to the CSS Webb with Lieutenant Read.
    This cutlass along with several other artifacts from the Webb were on loan & displayed for several years in the Louisiana Civil War Museum, (formally known as the Confederate        Museum).
    I
    t comes with a detailed Scott family letter, historical research & a certificate of authenticity.
    NOTE
    The shipping charge for this cutlass is only a good guess, the actual shipping & insurance charges will be sent to the buyer.                                                                                           Al the shipping charges must be paid for before it is mailed.