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Fredericksburg ; 2d Fredericksburg ; Maryes Heights ; Salem Church ; 

 Kappahannock Stn; Gettysburg; Funkstown; Williamsport ; Mine 

 Eun; Wilderness; Po River; Spottsylvania ; North Anna; Tolopoto- 

 moy; Coal Harbor; Petersburg; Weldon E. Eoad; Fort Stephens 

 DC; Snickers Gap; Halltown; Charlestown ; Opequan; Flint Hill; 

 Cedar Creek; Hatchers Eun; As'lt on Petersburg; Sailors Creek; 

 Appomatox C. H.; Lee's Surrender." This saber was bequeathed 

 to the National Musuem in 1924 by Mrs. Frank Wheaton. 



SWORD OF CAPT. WILLIAM WHEELER 



The National Museum collection contains a military officer's 

 sword ^^ of English manufacture that was carried during the Civil 

 War by Capt. William Wheeler, Confederate States Army. It has 

 a long slender blade with a slight curve and a diamond-shaped point. 

 Each side bears a medium-sized groove and is etched with the figure 

 of an eagle surmounted by 11 stars. The grip is covered with fish- 

 skin and wound with seven turns of copper wire. The top is covered 

 with a convex metal plate, which terminates in a button-shaped pom- 

 mel. The guard consists of a wide thin steel plate, which widens into 

 a broad counterguard at the blade. This plate is divided into four 

 branches by openwork and bears at the blade, in openwork, a crown 

 surmounting a bugle. This sword was presented to the National 

 Museum in 1928 by Miss Genevieve Wheeler. 



MILITARY OFFICER'S SWORD, PERIOD OF THE WORLD WAR 



The National Museum collection includes a British officer's sword ^^ 

 of the period of the World War. The blade is of medium length 

 with a deep oval groove on either side. The obverse bears the in- 

 scription " G. V. E." in the form of a monogram, which is sur- 

 mounted by a large crown and a sunburst and is flanked by floral 

 and scroll designs. The reverse side bears the British royal arms 

 surmounted b}^ a crown, and the whole is flanked by floral and scroll 

 designs. The grip, which is covered with shark skin and wound 

 with seven turns of silver wire, is surmounted by a convex nickel- 

 plated strip, which terminates in a button-shaped pommel. The 

 guard consists of a basket-shaped sheet of nickel-plated metal deco- 

 rated in openwork with the monogram " G. V. E." surmounted by a 

 crown and also by various floral designs all in openwork. 



NAVAL SWORD AWARDED TO CAPT. EDWARD TRENCHARD 



The National Museum collection contains a number of British 

 naval officers' swords. The most important sword -" of this type 



"Length, 97.7 cm. Blade, 8.3.5 cm. long, 2.5 cm. wide. PI. 35, fig. 3. Inscribed 

 " S. Campbell & Co., St. Jermny St., London." 



" Length, 98 cm. Blade, 82.5 cm. long, 2.5 cm. wide. PI. 35, fig. 2. 

 2" Length, 79.7 cm. Blade, 68.7 cm. long, 2.3 cm. wide. PI. 34, fig. 3. 



