Original U.S. Civil War Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by Emerson & Silver of Trenton New Jersey - Dated 1864 Original Display Machine Guns opened wider and more gradually

opened wider and more gradually turned

but due to the breech cone arrangement this modification could not be practically applied to the M/57 carriage

The original brass data plate reads-

Original Items: Included in this set is a pair of white laminated wood skis and white metal poles with large wheel style baskets

Field guns were too cumbersome and often too heavy to manoeuvre satisfactorily

Original U.S. Civil War Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by Emerson & Silver of Trenton New Jersey - Dated 1864 Original Display Machine Guns opened wider and more graduallyOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice example of the principal cavalry saber used in the U. S. Civil War of 1860 1865. It has all brass mounts with wood with leather wrapped sword grip and fully intact bound brass wire wrap. The curved blade is marked on one side EMERSON & SILVER TRENTON NJ One the other side it is marked U. S. D. F. M 1864 D. F. M was a Union Government Inspector at the sword factory during the period of the Civil War.