April 5, 2024
Swords of the American Civil War Book by Richard Bezdek~A Photographic Study~NEW
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SWORDS OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR by Richard H. Bezdek ~~~~ A complete photographic survey of all the Union and Confederate swords used in the American Civil War by both officers and enlisted men. A MUST-have for your Civil War library or the Civil War Edged Weapons Collector! Many books have explored in depth the firearms, uniforms, and paraphernalia carried by combatants in the American Civil War, but the swords carried by Union and Confederate enlisted men and officers have never been completely examined in print--until now. Swords of the American Civil War is a complete photographic survey of all the swords--Union and Confederate--used in the Civil War. It contains: ~ 300 photos of Union and Confederate regulation swords ~ 45 photos of swords presented to Union and Confederate generals ~ 40 photos of Union and Confederate presentation-grade swords ~ 60 photos of Union and Confederate swords engraved with the owners' names ~ 150 Union and Confederate identified presentation swords along with the presentee's Civil War records A fantastic chapter on the Civil War activities of Gen. George Armstrong Custer includes more than thirty never-before-published photos of Custer's presentation sword, dress uniform, and personal equipment captured by Confederate cavalry at the Battle of Trevilian Station. The appendix provides
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