Original U.S. Civil War Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by Ames Dated 1864 Revolutionary War leather or even by a

leather or even by a small lead sheet a flint was usually good for between twenty and fifty firings before deteriorating or splitting

This system was used in a variety of calibers

and colonial warfare

The Hammerstein installation acted as a headquarters for work detachments in the region and seldom housed more than one fifth of the POWs credited to it

Original U.S. Civil War Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by Ames Dated 1864 Revolutionary War leather or even by aOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice example of the principal cavalry saber used in the U. S. Civil War of 1860 1865. It has all brass mounts with wood with leather wrapped sword grip and fully intact bound brass wire wrap. The curved blade is marked on one side AMES MFG. CO. CHICOPEE One the other side it is marked U. S. L. H. K 1864 L. H. K was a Union Government Inspector AMES sword factory during the period of the Civil War. The