The Civil War Relicman, Harry Ridgeway.
	Winchester, Virginia, USA. Civil War (pre 1898) weapons.
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Ridgeway Reference Archive, Civil War weapons.

This is the "Ridgeway Reference Archive", a research tool for educational purposes only, and is provided at no cost to the reader.   Some of the relics listed are retained in the author's collection, most reside in other collections and are not owned by the author.  None of the items listed in this section are for sale, please refer to relicman.com sales listings for items offered for sale.  This is a work in progress, I list items as I get to them, there are many patterns that are not listed yet, this list will be regularly updated as I get pictures and descriptions for more items.  I will also correct mistakes, so if you see any please tell me. All  items listed are believed to be authentic to the Civil War or as otherwise described.   Any excavated relics have been recovered from private property with owners permission.    This information is available for research purposes, pictures may be used by permission only.

All  items listed are believed to be authentic to the Civil War or as otherwise described.

Any excavated relics have been recovered from private property with owners permission.

W0508     Artillery saber, Model 1840, Ames, 1865, Ames Mfg Co Chicopee, banner address, JCW.
The model 1840 saber designed for the artilleryman was lighter than the cavalry version.  Standard features include a relatively straight wooden handle covered with leather and a wire grip, brass hilt with a single bar, brass pommel cap is relatively low convex and unadorned, steel blade has distinct curve with a flat back with a narrow fuller not stopped and a wide fuller stopped at the ricasso, iron scabbard with iron mountings.  The recess on the handle present on the type I saber was removed on this type II, however the scabbard has a raw top without a throat.  Manufactured by Ames Manufacturing  Company, Chicopee, Massachusetts.  Marks:  Ricasso is stamped  "AMES MFG CO / CHICOPEE / MASS." (banner address), and "US / JCW / 1865".  Leather grip and wire wrap is intact, blade is clean, scabbard with no throat fully intact, light rust, drag shows significant wear from use.  Blade length 32in.  
Ref: Thillmann Cav. & Arty. Sabers pg. 97.