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reverse bears similar designs and the letters " U. S." The grip and 

 guard are of the regular types as previously described. The back 

 of the guard, however, bears in addition to a floral desig-n the figure 

 of an eagle with outspread wings. The back of the grip near the 

 pommel is engraved " Cadwallader Golden Washburne," and the 

 scabbard is similarly inscribed. 



The owner of this saber was born in Livermore, Me., in 1818. In 

 1839, he migrated to Iowa, and 1842 he began the practice of law in 

 Mineral Point, Wis. He was elected to Congress in 1855 and served 

 as a Eepresentative in that body from 1855 to 1861. At the beginning 

 of the Civil War he was made colonel of the Second Wisconsin 

 Cavalry. In 1862 he was commissioned major general of volunteers 

 and served in that capacity during the remainder of the war. He 

 served as Eepresentative in Congress from 1867 to 1871 and as 

 Governor of Wisconsin for a period of two years from that date. 

 Subsequently he contributed large sums of money for educational 

 and philanthropical purposes. He died in Eureka Springs, Ark., 

 in 1882. His sword was bequeathed to the National Museum in 

 1913 by Mrs. Warren Kelsey. 



SABER OWNED BY LIEUT. WILLIAM WHEELAN 



A second cavalry officer's saber of the same type as the one just 

 described in the National Museum is one ^ that was owned during 

 the early period of the Civil War by Lieut. William Wheelan, First 

 New York Mounted Rifles, and later by his brother, Brig. Gen. 

 James Wheelan, United States Army. The obverse of the blade 

 bears the coat of arms of the United States within an ornamental 

 scroll and the reverse the letters " U. S." flanked by floral and 

 scroll designs. The grip and guard are similar to the regular types. 

 The front of the guard is engraved : " Presented to Lieutenant 

 William Wheelan by the members of La Fayette Engine Co., No. 19." 

 This saber was presented to the National Museum in 1925 by Mrs. 

 Lillian W. Couillard. 



NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER'S SWORD OWNED BY LIEUT. CHARLES 



R. CARVILLE 



During the Civil War the models of noncommissioned officers' 

 swords used were the same as the model of 1840. The National 

 Museum has numerous examples of the swords of this type made dur- 

 ing that period, but only one of them has any personal significance. 

 This is a noncommissioned officer's sword "^ carried by Lieut. Charles 

 R, Carville of the Second Regiment of Zouaves, New York State 



" Length, 102 cm. Blade, 86 cm. long, 2.8 cm. wide. 

 ° Length, 95 cm. Blade, 79.5 cm. long, 2 cm. wide. 



