This Confederate Saber bayonet is patterned after the Model 1855, however it looks to have been made using a previously made blade. However even with that, supplies were often short, and many out of date weapons were repurposed and put into service. They had the weapons already issued, and after the capture of the Harpers Ferry Armory, additional weapons as well as captured machinery. Civil War, the Confederate States were woefully undersupplied in terms of small arms, as they did not have the industrial capacity of the Northern States. The bayonets were not made in any large quantities, with the tried and true socket bayonet being more popular. They were based on the previous M1841 bayonet for the "Mississippi Rifle", and continued to be used on later produced examples of that rifle. 58" caliber Springfield Model 1855 Rifled musket. Model 1855 Sword bayonet was developed to be used with the new.
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