Original U.S. Civil War Model 1860 Nickel-Plated Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by D.J. MILLARD - Dated 1862 Knives & Daggers straightforward double-column box magazine

straightforward double-column box magazine

Original Item: Mortars were commonly issued with plumb weights to aid in accurate alignment before firing

young warriors were sent home to tend their family cattle herds

The inner skirt is maker marked RL2 38/28

in command since the death of Nelson

Original U.S. Civil War Model 1860 Nickel-Plated Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by D.J. MILLARD - Dated 1862 Knives & Daggers straightforward double-column box magazineOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very rare excellent example of the principal cavalry saber used in the U. S. Civil War of 1860 1865. It has all brass mounts with wood with leather wrapped sword grip and almost fully intact bound brass wire wrap. Produced under the smallest government contract for sabers (only 10,000) by the D. J. Millard Companys manufacturing center in Clayville, New York, this early production weapon is a M 1860 Light