A valuable "lost sword" to say "Holy Grail in the sword of the Civil War" is discovered

The power of the Black soldiers played a major contribution to the Union army of the Civil War, and the reason why President Lincoln changed his mind,Robert Gould ShowThe colonel's work is said to be great. Colonel showBattle of the second Wagner FortWhile being punched out of the chest during his death, "Lost sword", a symbol of the battle used as a marker leading black soldiers, was discovered over the years.

Massachusetts Historical Society: One of America's Great Swords Found
https://www.masshist.org/media/press-releases/articles/shaw-sword-2017-07-12

'Holy Grail of Civil War Swords' Found in Massachusetts Attic
https://www.livescience.com/59933-civil-war-sword-found-in-attic.html

The sword discovered is the research libraryMassachusetts Historical SocietyIt was donated to. Curator Anna Bentley said, "Although I retired from the Massachusetts Historical Society for a year, this sword is the most important craft of my desk in the past 44 years, Director Dennis Fiori also mentioned the importance of sword discovery, while the sword is "Holy Grail in the Civil War sword"Live ScienceIt responds to the interview of.

The sword in which this was found.


Sword pattern is like this.


Although it is rusty, a scroll pattern is drawn, and a hexagonal star is in the lower part of the swordsman.


The sword entered the American Civil War in 1863, Colonel of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of all black troopsRobert Gould ShowIt was belongings of the. Colonel Shaw was the captain of the Union Army 's first black regiment, who trained the former slaves as soldiers and raised remarkable results while fighting discrimination.

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Initially Lincoln ordered that black soldiers could not join the battle, but as the Colonel show Colonel is involved in fighting black people. The 54th regiment, which gathered battle succession one after another, was the impressive of the ConfederatesBattle of Fort WagnerI am applying to you. And Colonel Show who led the 54th regiment attacked the Wagner Battery on July 18, 1863 and lost his life. Colonel Shaw was buried in a collective graveyard with many men with the aim of insulting by the hands of the Confederates after death. However, the father of the slavery liberators later said "I am proud that my son was buried in such a way"I heard he said that.

The sword discovered this time was used as a marker leading the 54th regiment in the battle of Fort Wagner on July 18th. In the battle full of smoke, it showed the way to the soldiers. And it also symbolizes how black soldiers contributed to the North Army in victory in the Civil War.

After Colonel Shaw was shot through the chest and died, the sword was forfeited by the Confederate Army and he was missing going. After the war, when Mr. Charles Jackson Payne of the Union Army stood in front of a North Carolina house with soldiers, a stranger came up and asked, "Is there a black soldier who worked with Colonel Shaw?" It was. The person said that the sword of Colonel Shaw was kept in the house of the former South Army officer in the neighborhood. Mr. Payne sent the soldiers to the house, and fortunately there were only employers, and I could find the sword by entering the house. And Mr. Pain sent the sword he got to the family of Colonel Shaw.

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After that, the sword which has been kept in a box for generations in the family of the sister of Colonel Colonel Colonel was donated to the Massachusetts Historical Society in 2013. However, at that time I understood that the donated sword was not "lost sword of Colonel Shaw". According to Mr. Bentley, although the lost sword of Colonel Colonel was a British sword that contained the letter "RGS" which is the initials of Colonel Colonel, donated was an American style sword without initials It was.

Four years later in 2017, Robert Shaw and Mary Mintan Wood, descendants of the show, were left in the attic when they were sorting out to sell their parents' homes I arranged five old swords on the table in the kitchen. Mr. Wood noticed that rusty initials such as "RGS" were included in the older sword, which is even older, and the sword that was lost was discovered over the years.

In addition, the sword is on display on the Massachusetts Historical Society from the day after the death of Colonel Shaw on July 18, 2017, perfectly after 154 years.