The ricasso stamped Made by / Ames Mfg. Co. / Chicopee / Mass on the left and U.S. / H. D. H. / 1864 on the right, the inspector being Henry D. Hastings; 32 - 1/4 in. straight blade; solid brass grip cast with simulated wire; the leather scabbard with a brass throat, the brass drag marked G.W.C. for inspector George W. Chapin.

Private North Carolina Collection

Scuffs and crazing to the leather; the sword in very good estate condition.