Presentation Sword and Scabbard
Presentation Sword and Scabbard
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- Description
- In November of 1861 Capt. Charles Wilkes, in command of the USS San Jacinto, stopped the British ship RMS Trent and arrested two Confederate diplomats, James Mason and John Slidell. While the British Government demanded an apology and the U.S. Government disavowed Wilkes' action, the people of Boston decided to reward Wilkes with this beautiful presentation sword.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sword and scabbard
- Other Terms
- sword; sword and scabbard; Edged Weapons; Presentation
- date made
- 1862
- user
- Wilkes, Charles
- maker
- Shreve, Stanwood and Company
- place made
- United States
- Measurements
- overall: 32 3/4 in; 83.185 cm
- ID Number
- AF.14946
- catalog number
- 14946
- accession number
- 56944
- Credit Line
- Jane Wilkes
- subject
- Edged Weapons
- Civil War
- Civil War
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Civil War
- Military
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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