CIVIL WAR AMES M 1850 PRESENTETION SWORD TO CAPT BEN T WRIGHT SHILOH 22ND IN

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CIVIL WAR AMES M 1850 PRESENTED TO LT COLONEL BENJAMIN T WRIGHT FOUGHT AT  SHILOH, CORINTH AND FORT DONELSON 22ND INFANTRY
The sword is an 1850 foot officer"s sword with metal scabbard, engraved on the pommel Cap. Ben. T. Wright Cini, Ohio.” The hilt is excellent, and the grip is wrapped with grey sharkskin wrapped with twisted brass wire. The blade is stamped on the ricasso, Ames Mfg. Co. Chicopee Mass. “in the Ames scroll. The blade is in excellent condition, and is etched with âU.S.” on one side, with florals and a trophy of arms. The other side also has the florals, and a trophy of arms with a smaller US Eagle with Union Shield on his breast. The scabbard is blued steel with handsome brass mounts.
A very fine and handsome foot officer's sword named to Cap. Ben. T. Wright Cini. Ohio,” who rose from Captain of the 22nd Ohio Volunteers to Colonel of that regiment, participating in the Western Theater of the War, and fighting at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and Corinth. After Shiloh the regiment was described as being continually at the front” in the march on Corinth. They were mustered out of the service in 1864. Wright had previously resigned his command as a number of other commanding officers had complained about Wright youth, he being 22 when he took command of the regiment. The regiment was originally known as the 13th Missouri Volunteers, but following Shiloh they were allowed by Order of Secretary of War Stanton to change their name to the 22nd Ohio, as most of the men in the regiment were from Ohio. The sword is accompanied by copies from Wright's records. Dimensions: 38.25 inches long overall. The blade is 30.75 inches long