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entire peninsular campaign and in the second Battle of Manassas 

 and the Battle of Antietam. In June, 1863, he received the appoint- 

 ment of lieutenant colonel of the Thirteenth New York Cavalry 

 and was stationed near Washington. Later he commanded this 

 regiment during a number of engagements with Mosby's rangers 

 in Virginia. After the termination of the Civil War, he was sta- 

 tioned first at Fortress Monroe and later at Barrancas, Fla. In the 

 fall of 1870, he was prostrated by a fever of the same type as one 

 that he had contracted during the war, and he died in April, 1871. 

 His swords were presented to the National Museum in 1912, by 

 Mrs. Catherine Gansevoort Lansing. 



CIVIL WAR CAVALRY SABERS 



SABERS OWNED BY MAJ. GEN. JOHN R. BROOKE, LIEUT. C, W. BRYANDT. AND 

 BRIG. GEN. H, S. GANSEVOORT 



. The National Museum collection includes two Cavalry sabers that 

 were carried during the Civil War by Maj. Gen. John R. Brooke, 

 United States Volunteers. The scabbard of one of these was broken 

 by a bullet during the Battle of Gettysburg. These two weapons ^^ 

 were presented to the National Museum in 1919 by Maj. Gen. John R. 

 Brooke. There is also included a weapon of this type presented by 

 Company L, First New York Cavalry, to Lieut. C. W. Bryandt.^^ 

 It was captured by Confederate troops on March 10, 1864, and at 

 that time was presented by Lieut. A. E. Richards to Col. John S. 

 Mosby. It was recaptured in September, 1864, by members of the 

 Thirteenth New York Cavalry and presented by them to Col. Henry 

 S. Gansevoort of that regiment. The obverse of the blade of this 

 sword is decorated in the usual style with the letters " U. S." and a 

 large trophy. The grip is of silvered metal wound with 11 turns of 

 gilt wire. The pommel and guard are of the regular types. This 

 interesting relic was presented to the museum in 1912 by Mrs. Cath- 

 erine Gansevoort Lansing, .who at the same time presented to the 

 museum another cavalry saber ^^ owned by General Gansevoort. 



SABER OWNED BY MAJ. GEN. JUDSON KILPATRICK 



There is another Cavalry saber ^ in the collection owned during the 

 Civil War by Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick, United States Army. 

 He was born near Deckertown, N. J., in 1836, and was graduated at 

 the United States Military Academy in 1861. He was appointed 

 lieutenant of Artillery in the Regular Army in May of that year and 



^ Length, 104 cm. Blade, 88.2 cm. long, 2.7 wide. Marked "Ames Mfg. Co., Chicopee, 

 Mass., 1862 and 1863." PI. 22, figs. 4, 5. 



»8 Length, 103 cm. Blade, 88 cm. long, 2.9 cm. wide. Marked " Clauberg Solingen " 

 and " Hunt & Goodwin, Washington." PI. 22. fig. 9. 



"" Dimensions as above. Marked "Ames Mfg. Co., Chicopee, Mass., 1863." PI. 22, fig. 6. 



^ Dimensions as above. Marked " 1859." PI. 22, fig. 7. 



