This Confederate version
uses a grip with concentric rings and form of pommel identifiable to McElroy of Macon, Georgia, and differentiated from similar
swords made by E.J. Johnston of the same city by its use of an
unfullered blade and finished recesses at the ends of the crossguard on
either side. The 18 3/8 inch long blade is 1 ¾ inches at its widest. Its crude steel grey blade is also typical of McElroy's short sword blades.
The brass hilt is 5 ½ inches long and has a medium tone, darker in
recesses and a bit lighter on the ridges from handling. There are light
dings to the raised edges of the crossguard channel from handling and
some dings on the blade peen and top of the pommel. The leather washer
on the underside of the guard is long gone, leaving the blade secure,
but with a slight wiggle common to most examples without their washers.
This example reveals its post war "service" as a decoration in a veteran's post--it was nickle plated over a century ago but most of it has worn off.