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Lot 5175

A Confederate staff and field officer's sword by L. Haiman of Columbus, Georgia
carried by Lt. Edward Hendree Paine, 59th/61st Alabama Infantry Regiment
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8 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

Sold for US$30,420 inc. premium

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A Confederate staff and field officer's sword by L. Haiman of Columbus, Georgia
carried by Lt. Edward Hendree Paine, 59th/61st Alabama Infantry Regiment

Slightly curved 29 1/2 inch unstopped blade with 20 inch etched panels on either side; one side with fine floral scrollwork above a sunburst and laurel wreath with the inscription Deo/Vindice, below this a riband inscribed E.H./Paine and below that a panoply of arms and scrollwork, the ricasso signed L. Haiman/& Bro/Columbus, Ga; the reverse decorated with scrolling florals on a beaded ground incorporating two panoplies of arms. Bronze hilt in the familiar Haiman style with downturned guard pierced with scrollwork and embossed CS. Black leather wrapped grip bound in a single strand of twisted wire. Complete with original brass-mounted iron scabbard.
Condition: Blade showing some spotting and minor pitting, the etched decoration in excellent, sharp condition. Hilt with dark, unpolished patina. Grip with minor scuffing. Scabbard with dark patina overall, one side with light dent between the suspension mounts.
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Footnotes

Provenance: Harry Berry Collection, Bill Osborn Collection.
Note: Illustrated on pages 215-16 of Confederate Presentation Inscribed Swords and Revolvers by Daniel Hartzler.

Edward Hendree Paine of Tuskegee, Alabama entered the Confederate service in September of 1863 and was elected second lieutenant of Company H, 59th Alabama Infantry Regiment. The regiment was re-titled the 61st Alabama Regiment and attached to the Army of Northern Virginia. On October 19, 1864, his regiment was attached to Rodes Division and engaged near New Market, where Lt. Paine was wounded and captured by Union forces and died the very same day of wounds... A very historic sword and one of the finest examples known by this maker.

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