Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber

Like its predecessor it had a brass guard, leather-wrapped grip and steel scabbard but unlike the M1840 it was smaller and easier to handle.

[6] By the end of the Civil War over 300,000 1860 sabers had been produced: 200,000 by Ames,[7] 32,000 by Roby and many more by firms such as Tiffany and Co, Glaze, Justice, and Emerson and Silver.

[9] Many replaced their sabers with extra revolvers, or left it in the saddle while fighting on foot[10] with their repeating Henry rifles and Spencer carbines.

This is the sword the cavalry use in Westerns, many being original antiques purchased by the movie industry in the 1920s when surplus Civil War equipment was cheap.

[11] Most are given as PCS (Permanent Change of Station) or ETS (Expiration of Term of Service) gifts to a departing Cavalry Trooper.