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work, and the bottom is also decorated with beadwork. The knuckle 

 guard is a heavy gold-plated strip decorated with oak-leaf scrolls 

 and terminating above the blade in a quillon of the same type. The 

 scabbard is gold-plated, the obverse side intricately decorated with 

 floral and scroll designs, and is engraved in script within an orna- 

 mental border, as follows : " Presented to General Ruf us King by 

 the 19th Regt. Ind. Volts, at their camp at Arlington Heights, Va., 

 as a token of respect for him as a soldier and a gentleman, March 4, 

 1864." This sword was lent to the National Museum in 1916 by 

 Lieut. Rufus King, United States Navy. 



SWORDS OWNED BY MAJ. GEN. JUDSON KILPATRICK 



A sword ^° of exceptionally ornate design in the National Museum 

 is one presented to Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick, United States 

 Army, by the officers of the Third United States Cavalry. The 

 blade is straight, with two edges, and bears on the obverse in silver 

 chasing on a gold .background the American eagle on a pedestal 

 bearing the United States shield, and a scroll in 15 sections, inscribed 

 respectively, " Brandy Station, Aldie, Middleburg, Upperville, Han- 

 over, Gettj'sburg, Monterey, Smithsburg, Hagerstown, Williamsport, 

 Boonsboro, Falling Waters, Atlanta, Waynesboro, Savannah," The 

 reverse is similarly decorated with the letters " U. S." and floral 

 and scroll designs. The grip is unusually large with a surface deeply 

 corrugated and encircled by laurel sprays and two scrolls, one of 

 which is inscribed " Tuebor " and the other " I'll secure him." The 

 pommel consists of an eagle with outspread wings standing on a 

 globe. The quillons are extremely heavy and ornate and of an S 

 shape, terminate below the blade in a horse's head, and are decorated 

 both above and below with heavy oak-leaf scrolls; a broad heavy 

 shield on the obverse of the blade bears in high relief a mounted 

 Cavalry officer, on his horse in full gallop. The gilded scabbard 

 bears on the obverse three mounts, one of which is decorated with 

 an oval medallion with the initial K in the center, outlined in 

 pearls and surmounted by an oval of the same jewels; the whole is 

 flanked by two female figures supporting a laurel wreath. The 

 second mount bears the United States shield within a wreath of 

 laurel, and between the two appears the following inscription in 

 six lines: "Presented to Brevet Major General Judson Kilpatrick 

 by the officers of the 3rd Cavalry Division Military Division, 

 Mississippi." This sword was lent to the National Museum in 1904 

 by Mrs. Louisa V. Kilpatrick. 



A second presentation sword in the National Museum collection 

 owned by General Kilpatrick is one that was presented to him in 



»" Length, 102.5 cm. Blade, 83.8 cm. long, 2.5 cm. wide. PI. 25, fig. 2. 



