Sunday, January 6, 2013

Major General William Mahone's Presentation Sword

Roundabout via Timothy

Received from the grateful citizenry of Petersburg, Virginia for saving their city during the six-month siege. 

 General Mahone's Presentation Sword


Held in Gettysburg, PA in conjunction with the Gettysburg Civil War Show, June 2007, the auction gallery sold 744 lots for a grand total of $6.5 million dollars.

The presentation sword of Major General William Mahone sold for $388,375. 

Source: Heritage Auction Galleries
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2013 at 6:53 PM

    Beautiful sword!

    Tino

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    1. Brock TownsendJanuary 6, 2013 at 7:17 PM

      Yes and here's Lee's.

      http://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2011/05/more-on-generals-lees-sword.html

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