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- Cavalry Saber with Scabbard, 1861-1865 - During the Civil War, Courtney and Tennant of Charleston, South Carolina, imported equipment for the Confederate Navy, including uniform buttons, officer's swords, and naval cutlasses. They also supplied the Confederacy with imported cavalry sabers like this one. But, as the Union blockade of Southern ports became increasingly effective, Southerners found it much more difficult to import crucial equipment from overseas.
- 1861-1865
- Collections - Artifact
Cavalry Saber with Scabbard, 1861-1865
During the Civil War, Courtney and Tennant of Charleston, South Carolina, imported equipment for the Confederate Navy, including uniform buttons, officer's swords, and naval cutlasses. They also supplied the Confederacy with imported cavalry sabers like this one. But, as the Union blockade of Southern ports became increasingly effective, Southerners found it much more difficult to import crucial equipment from overseas.
- Confederate Saber, 1861-1862 - Before the Civil War, the Nashville Plow Works made farm implements. After the war began, the company - quite ironically - "turned plowshares into swords." The weapons-making activities of the Nashville Plow Works were short-lived, however. In March 1862, Confederate Nashville fell to Federal control. The firm's owners were arrested and charged with treason against the United States government.
- 1861-1862
- Collections - Artifact
Confederate Saber, 1861-1862
Before the Civil War, the Nashville Plow Works made farm implements. After the war began, the company - quite ironically - "turned plowshares into swords." The weapons-making activities of the Nashville Plow Works were short-lived, however. In March 1862, Confederate Nashville fell to Federal control. The firm's owners were arrested and charged with treason against the United States government.