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scroll and expanding at the other end into a broad heart-shaped 

 counterguard, which is decorated on each side with war trophies 

 and oak and laurel leaves in high relief, terminating above the blade 

 in a scroll. The scabbard is steel with three brass mounts, two of 

 which are decorated in high relief with war trophies, and the third 

 with a United States cavalryman, his saber raised in his right hand 

 and the United States flag in his left. Between the first two is the 

 following inscription in four lines : " Presented to Major James S. 

 Crall by the noncommissioned officers and privates of the 82nd Regt. 

 O. V. In. for meritorious conduct displayed on the battlefields of 

 Manassas Plain, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg." This sword was 

 presented to the National Museum by Mrs. Florence Miller in 1919. 



SWORD OWNED BY COL. H. R. EDDY 



A sword in this series of special interest on account of its artistic 

 design is one -* that was presented to Col. H. R. Eddy, of the 

 Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, by clerks of the Memphis 

 depot in August, 1861. The blade is curved with a broad, shallow, 

 lower groove and a narrow upper groove. The obverse is decorated 

 in silver chasing wuth a floral design bearing a scroll inscribed 

 " Liberty, Virtue and Independence," together with the coat of arms 

 and the shield of the United States. The reverse side is decorated 

 with the letters " U. S.," flanked by floral and scroll designs. The 

 grip, which is of ivory, bears on the upper side an exquisitely carved 

 figure of Liberty standing, facing and placing a wreath on the 

 United States shield with her left hand. The figure of Liberty is 

 surmounted by 13 stars, and the remaining surface of the grip is 

 covered with miniature diamond-shaped designs. The bronze pom- 

 mel is in the shape of a Phrygian helmet, the lower part of which 

 covers the end of the grip and is decorated with the head of Liberty 

 in high relief. The knuckle guard consists of a bronze strip deco- 

 rated with sprays of oak leaves near the pommel and expands into 

 a broad oval counterguard at the blade. The reverse side of this 

 portion of the guard is plain and the obverse is decorated with a 

 complicated design showing a group of war trophies on a back- 

 ground of oak leaves and surrounded by a scroll border. The scab- 

 bard, which is silver plated, is encircled by three gilt mounts, the first 

 of which bears an angel playing an organ, the second a cupid on an 

 eagle, and the third a floral design. The reverse side of the scab- 

 bard is engraved in six lines : " Presented to Colonel H. R. Eddy, 

 Q. M. C, U. S. A. by the clubs of the Memphis Dept. Aug. 1864." 

 This sword was lent to the National Museum in 1925 by Maj. Jerome 

 Clark, United States Army. 



^ Length, 96.7 cm. Blade, 81 cm. long, 3 cm. wide. Marked " W. Clauberg, Solingen." 

 PI. 24, flg. 6. 



