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General Sheridan’s sword


General Philip H. Sheridan used this saber in the Civil War. The scabbard is engraved with the names of battles in which he participated.


Division of the History of Technology, Armed Forces History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Behring Center
Lent by Philip H. Sheridan III

 

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