This presentation sword carried by Captain William D. Blair, Company B, 4th Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry has a scabbard engraved “To Lieut W. D. Blair.” The sword is etched on both sides of the blade.
Captain Blair was killed in action along the Big Blue River, Jackson County, Missouri, on October 23, 1864.
Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 30533
