Original U.S. Civil War Whitneyville “Plymouth” Navy Percussion Rifle Brass Hilted Bayonet with Partial Tattered Scabbard - Serial 5718 Category_Receiver Top Cover There is just a bit

There is just a bit of oxidation in places

Even though most of the Cavalry units were mechanized by 1940 they still utilized a large number of horses through-out the war

The left side of the receiver still bears the original markings:

included futile frontal attacks by the Union army on December 13 against entrenched Confederate defenders along the Sunken Wall on the heights behind the city

This pair is not marked TL-13 meaning it may have been a civilian pair used for the military

Original U.S. Civil War Whitneyville “Plymouth” Navy Percussion Rifle Brass Hilted Bayonet with Partial Tattered Scabbard - Serial 5718 Category_Receiver Top Cover There is just a bitOriginal Item: Only One Available. Here we have a good example of the rare brass hilted bayonet for the U. S. Civil War "Plymouth" Navy Percussion Rifle. 10,000 of these rifles were made by Eli Whitneys manufactory, Whitney ville, based on an 1861 contract to the U. S. Navy. Five sample rifles were delivered in October 1862 and regular deliveries started in February 1863, with 5,300 delivered that year and the remaining 4,695 in 1864. Collins was