Collection Highlights
Pictorial map of New York and vicinity, showing the suburban towns, and railroad and water communications
Date:
1871
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M32.3.10.1
Medium:
Black ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sword w/scabbard: wilderness...Appomattox C.H.
Object Number:
1926.61ab
Date:
ca. 1861
Medium:
Steel, brass, leather; steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 42 3/8 x 5 x 4 1/4 in. ( 107.6 x 12.7 x 10.8 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on obverse of blade near hilt: "U. S. / A K / 186[. . . ?]"
stamped: on reverse of blade near hilt: "AMES MF. . . / CHICOP. . . / MASS"
engraved: on tip of counter-guard: "Fordham Morris"
engraved: on scabbard, between carrying rings: "Wilder
Description:
Saber with curved, single-edged steel blade with fuller extending from ricasso to within about 7 inches of point; brass half-basket hilt with two sweeping branches joining oval counter-guard on obverse side; grip covered in leather and wrapped with twisted wire; helmet-shaped pommel without surface decoration; steel scabbard with two carrying rings and slightly asymmetrical drag; inscriptions engraved between carrying rings on obverse of scabbard.
Gallery Label:
Sabers of this type were used by enlisted men in the U.S. Cavalry from 1840 until the second decade of the twentieth century (see "The American Sword, 1775-1945," p. 32). This particular saber belonged to Lieutenant Fordham Morris (1842-1909), the donor's father. According to the accession records, Lieutenant Morris served in the 5th Army Corps, Artillery Brigade, in the Civil War.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. R. Horace Gallatin
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
