PRESERVING OUR AMERICAN HISTORY, CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA MANUFACTORY ARTILLERY SWORD 1 OF 10 KNOWN, THESE SWORDS WERE ORIGINALLY MADE FOR THE WAR OF 1812 AND PUT BACK INTO SERVICE BY THE STATE OF VIRGINIA DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THIS ONE IS THE RAREST EXAMPLE, LESS THAN 10 EXAMPLES HAVE SURFACED TO DATE. MEASURES 34 1/4 WITH A 29 1/4 INCH BLADE. ORIGINALLY IT HAD A LONGER BLADE, IT WAS CUT DOWN DURING THE CIVIL WAR.