Scarce Civil War Confederate Thos Leech & Co. Large Bowie Knife 16¼", No Sword

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Scarce Civil War Confederate Thomas Leech & Co. Large Bowie Knife 16¼"
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This Beautiful Bowie knife is 100% solid...
This Large Bowie knife stamped Thomas Leech & Co.
is quite rare also having the Word England stamped on the back side of the guard on the handle.
Thomas Leech & Co was originally from England where these style Bowie knives were highly popular from the early 1800's through the Great Civil War.
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The maker of this beautiful Bowie Knife is Thomas Leech & Co.. Thomas S. Leech, had moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1854 to establish a cotton dealership. It was financed by his partners: his brother John B. Leech, Thomas Harrison, Sir Arthur Forwood, and Sir William Bower Forwood of Liverpool, England
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Leech opened the firm of Thomas Leech & Co., Cotton Broker, at 35 Front Row Street in Memphis. As war became imminent, Leech formed a new partnership with S. B. Carver and J. F. Frank and began to expand their business to include war material. The Military items were sold under the name of "Memphis Novelty Works Thomas Leech & Co.” Under this name the company manufactured Swords, Side Knives, Belts, Buckles and Pistols. Leech later formed a partnership with Charles H. Rigdon and renamed the partnership Leech & Rigdon in 1862.
With the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson in the spring of 1862 and the subsequent fall of the state of Tennessee into Union hands, Leech and Rigdon decided to relocate their business to Columbus, Mississippi and build a factory adjacent to the Confederate Briarfield Arsenal. Later in 1862, with Sherman making a threat to Mississippi, the Confederate Government decided to relocate the arsenal to Selma, Alabama. Leech and Rigdon relocated with the Arsenal and remained in Selma for a short period. In March of 1863 Leech and Rigdon separated from the arsenal and moved their operations to Goldsboro, Georgia.
During the period from November 6, 1861 through June 18, 1862, Thomas Leech & Co. Memphis Novelty Works, delivered to the Confederate Army Depot 2,017 swords, knives, scabbards, belts, buckles and side arms before moving to Columbus, Mississippi and reorganizing as Leech & Rigdon.
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