Civil War Confederate D-Guard Bowie Knife 07-318


07-318 CIVIL WAR CSA D-GUARD BOWIE KNIFE Our Price: $38.95 Blade: 10 1/4" Handle: 4 3/4 " (D shaped) Overall: 15 1/2 " Weight: 1.2 lbs Features include 10 1/4" carbon steel blade, solid brass "D" hand guard, wood handle. Blade engraved with CSA. Comes with leather scabbard.
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THE BOWIE KNIFE IN THE CIVIL WAR Over the years many knives have been called Bowie knives and the term has almost become a generic term for any large sheath knife. During the early days of the American Civil War Confederate soldiers carried immense knives called D-Guard Bowie knives. Many of these knives could have qualified as short swords and were often made at home from old saw or scythe blades. Bayonets, sabers, swords, short swords, cutlasses, Bowie knives, pikes, and lances, classified as "edged weapons," appeared in considerable profusion during the Civil War. Although they served to decorate their original possessors and delight modern collectors, they inflicted few casualties. In Regimental Losses Fox points out that of the approximately 250,000 wounded treated in Union hospitals during the war only 922 were the victims of sabers or bayonets. "And a large proportion of these originated in private quarrels, or were inflicted by camp guards in the discharge of their duty." A few instances of bayonet attacks are recorded. Many different forms of military cutlery, known generically as Bowie Knives, remained popular among Confederate soldiers though many were discarded after real campaigning started.
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