Contributed by NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Description
Lt. Charles A. Longfellow owned and used this cavalry saber when he was a member of the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry in the Army of the Potomac during the U.S. Civil War.
This saber was made by the W. Clauberg firm of Solingen, Prussia (Germany), whose products were widely regarded as among the best available at the time.
Longfellow's saber was almost certainly privately purchased, and has his name, "C.A. Longfellow," engraved on the hand guard.
About This Item
- Title: Charles A. Longfellow cavalry saber, Massachusetts, 1863
- Creation Date: 1863
- Subject Date: 1863
- Location: MA
- Media: Metal
- Local Code: LONG 6130
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Standardized Subject Headings
- United States. Army
- Arms & armament--American
- Daggers & swords
- Longfellow, Charles Appleton
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Weapons
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For more information about this item, contact:
NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 876-4491
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