RARE REVOLUTIONARY WAR FASCINE KNIFE BLADE RECOVERED FROM “WEST” CAMP IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

RARE REVOLUTIONARY WAR FASCINE KNIFE BLADE RECOVERED FROM “WEST” CAMP IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT

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Item Code: 236-1129

This is a rare Revolutionary War artifact; being an early fascine knife blade. It measures 18” long overall with the blade being 10” long. There is a rectangular touch mark on the blade of which only the first initial is clearly visible: “C.” Iron is rusty as to be expected on any “dug” relic, but overall is in very fine condition. Coated with lacquer spray.

It was recovered years ago near Hartford, CT, by author/publisher Dean Thomas; likely with Wendell Lang at his side.

This was a common cutting tool of colonial soldiers (also known as brush hook or brush cutter). It was a side arm/tool issued to both American and British light infantry, engineers, and artillery (including German troops). It served both as a personal weapon and as a tool to cut fascines and clear brush when needed. Fascines are bundles of branches and sticks used to reinforce defensive embankments, trenches, and earth ramparts.

This piece was recovered at the “West Camp” campsite in West Hartford, Connecticut. It was the site of a 1778 encampment of Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Only some ruins of stone-lined fireplaces remain. Three brigades of the Continental Army were stationed in and near Hartford area in 1778. Two brigades, one commanded by Enoch Poor and the other by Ebenezer Learned, were ordered to the area in October 1778. Newspaper reports and journals of the period indicate that American soldiers camped in this area from October 15–21, 1778.

Directly from the Dean Thomas collection.  [jet] [ph:L]

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