Description
This fine old English exported blade was found in the attic of an out building near Sewell Mountain about 35+ years ago and recently surfaced in a Civil War collection liquidation. It is complete and the locking pin mechanism (most often missing) functions properly.
From August to October 1861, about 17,000 Union and Confederate troops operated near the Sewell Mountain area. Waiting for a major battle that never came, many soldiers died of disease caused by foul weather. Excessive rainfall hampered the long supply lines of both sides and ultimately forced Union Gen. Rosecrans to withdraw his troops back toward the Kanawha Valley.
