Description:
Confederate Encampment sword Inscribed MJ Daniel of the Spalding Greys, Griffin, GA
Antique ca. 1870-80 United Confederate Veterans encampment sword marked on scabbard “M. J. Daniel/from/Spalding Greys.” The sword was made by the M.C. Lilley & Co., Columbus, Ohio and so marked on Ricasso. 34-1/2 inches overall; 29-1/2 inch etched blade in excellent condition. It has an American Eagle on one side and US in the center of the opposite side. Wood handle with finger grips, four branch guard, iron scabbard marked as indicated. Scabbard in very good condition with some dark spots near the throat. The Spalding Grays as Company D, 2nd Independent Georgia Infantry Battalion was the first unit from Spalding County to be mustered into the Confederate Army. It was followed by eight regular and several militia companies. Established 20 December 1860 as the Independent Volunteer Battalion of Macon to contain all-volunteer militia companies in that city, including the Macon Volunteers (organized in 1825) and the Floyd Rifles (organized in 1841). Entered Confederate States service 20 April 1861; reorganized 22 April 1861 as the 2d Battalion, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, to consist of the following companies: City Light Guards (Columbus) Co."A", Macon Volunteers (Macon) Co. "B", Floyd Rifles (Macon) Co. "C", and the Spalding Grays (Griffin) Co. "D". The 2nd Battalion, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, participated in the first skirmish on Virginia soil. On 18 May, 1861, the Norfolk base and the 2nd Battalion, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, began building land batteries at Sewells Point on the James River, opposite of Fort Monroe on Hampton Roads. Campaigns: Peninsula, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Appomattox. Surrendered 9 April 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, and paroled. A number of local Confederate veterans organizations known as “camps” were established in the late 1870s and throughout the 1880s. The United Confederate Veterans, founded in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1889, sought to unify the many separate organizations scattered across the former Confederate states into one larger regional body. By 1890 Georgians made up nearly 11 percent of living Confederate veterans, with only Virginians and Texans registering higher numbers, and 88 percent of Georgia counties had individual UCV "camps," one of the highest rates in the South. Over the history of the UCV, annual national reunions were held in nearly thirty southern cities, including Atlanta in 1898, 1919, and 1941, with an additional Blue-Gray reunion there in 1900, and Macon in 1912. Surviving members of the Spalding Greys would have most likely attended all of these reunions, as well as local meetings. No doubt research of the archival data bases would yield military records and perhaps other information on J.M. Daniel of the Spalding Greys.
Condition:
Used, Minor Wear
Brand:
M.C. Lilley & Co.
Model:
None None
Item #:
972317644
Stock No.:
17
Location:
MA
Trades Accepted: Generally not, but maybe.
Shipping Notes: USPS first class or Fedex Ground $25
