RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY SWORD-FOUND GETTYSBURG -PICKETTS CHARGE For Sale

RARE CIVIL WAR ERA CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY SWORD-FOUND GETTYSBURG -PICKETT'S CHARGE- MEASURES 24 3/4" WITH THE DOUBLE EDGED BLADE 18 5/8" - SOLID BRASS GUARD-HANDLE AND POMMEL- CRUDER GROUND SEAM ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE SCALED HANDLE ANY IT'S NORTHERN COUNTERPART- OLD LABEL ON THE BLADE READS CONFEDERATE SWORD FOUND NEAR EMMITSBURGRD -PICKET'S CHARGE -GETTYSBURG- LITTLE FADED AND HARD TO READ- HEAVY FIGHTING ON JULY 2ND NEAR THE PEACH ORCHARD AND ON JULY 3RD THE MASSIVE ASSAULT BY 12500 CONFEDERATES KNOW AS PICKETT'S CHARGE WAS THE CLIMAX AFTER A MASSIVE ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT FROM CONFEDERATE GUNS BETWEEN THE TREE LINE AND EMMITSBURG PIKE - RUNNING OVER A MILE AND A HALF PARALLEL TO THE PIKE - NO EXACT HISTORY ON THE NOTE WHERE THIS RARE PICK UP WAS FOUND OTHER THAN NEAR THE EMMITSBURG RD- MAY HAVE BEEN CARRIED BY ONE OF THE INFANTRY OFFICERS OR NCO'S - HEAVY BUT SHORT FOR IN FIGHTING AND MOVEMENT - OR FROM ONE OF THE ARTILLERY BATTERIES- THE SHORTAGE OF WEAPONS FOR THE SOUTH SAW ALL TYPES OF WEAPONS USED BY ALL THEIR BRANCHES OF SERVICE- EXCELLENT CONDITION - AND BEAUTIFUL PATINA - RARE DISPLAY PIECE OR ONE FOR THE COLLECTION