Arthur Wyllie 
U.S. Swords [EPUB ebook] 

This is the definitive work on American swords. It covers all regulation military models from 1790-1917, it lists all fraternal groups that used swords and shows the various types of swords used by those groups and has a detailed makers and dealers section that gives exacting detail of every type of sword made by that dealer. A list of Civil War inspector»s initials is included in the back of the book. Heavily illustrated. A MUST for all American sword collectors and historians.