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- Aug 25, 2012
I am working on the arms held by the militia of my home state of Michigan at the start of the Civil War and had a sword question. Since 1851 the Michigan Adjutant General's Report had the 770 State owned cavalry sabers, broken down into new and old models. I assume the "old model" cavalry sabers were Model 1833 Dragoon sabers. It is clear that Michigan lacked enough cavalry sabers to arm even the First Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment so the federal government must have supplied the sabers. But somehow the 770 State owned sabers disappeared at about this time and I assume most left the State with the First Michigan Cavalry. This made me wonder how common the Model 1833 Dragoon sabers were during the Civil War.