VERY RARE CONFEDERATE “KENANSVILLE” SABER BAYONET

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Item Code: 490-3212

This rare edged weapon measures approximately 26.25” long overall with a 21.75” long unmarked yataghan blade with fuller.  The cast brass hilt has a cross guard featuring a muzzle ring on top and small quillion on the bottom. This lower “arm” appears to be slightly bent backwards. The grip is ribbed with a “bird’s head” pommel. The upper surface of the grip is flat with a short (0.9”) key slot at the back. The locking spring and button are present and working. There are no visible stamps on the bayonet.

Condition is overall good considering how rare this is. The blade is perhaps 50/50; clean metal and blotchy pitting. There are two 0.75” to 1.0” chips out of the blade edge and the very, very small tip of the blade point is broken off. The brass grip shows light wear to the “ribs” and numerous dings on the end of the pommel. The brass displays a fine mellow patina.

Louis B. Froelich was born in Bavaria in 1817. By April or May of 1861, the Froelich family had found a new home in the Wilmington, NC area. After several business ventures, Froelich partnered with Hungarian immigrant Bela Estvan and by September of 1861 had established the Wilmington Sword Works. From their new premises the partners intended produce a wide variety of edged weapons. In the fall of 1861, the company was renamed the Confederate States Arms Factory. By the end of the year, they received their first state contract to produce edged weapons for North Carolina troops. A yellow fever epidemic and a fire led Froelich move and rebuild in Kenansville, NC. Although plagued with adversity, Froelich managed to keep the factory operational and turning out arms and accouterments until March of 1865, when this region of North Carolina was occupied by Union forces. After the war Froelich changed occupations where he and his family established a successful business growing grapes and a variety of fruit and nut trees. Froelich died of tuberculosis on October 27, 1873. Despite his setbacks and two major fires, Froelich managed to keep his manufactory in business through most of the war and was likely the most successful of the Confederate edged weapons makers of the American Civil War.  [jet] [ph:L]

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