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	Cavalry Sabers	Artillery Sabers	NCO Swords	Musician Swords
1861	X	X	X	X
1862	X	X	FSS	X
1863	AGM	--	FSS	FSS
1864	AGM	AGM	--	X
1865	AGM	--	--	X

Roby Production:

1861	1862	1863	1864	1865
410 Cavalry Sabers (probably import, some 1840 pattern)	2000 NCO Swords	3000 Cavalry Sabers 9000 NCO Swords 3500 Musician Swords	14,000 Cavalry Sabers ?????? Artillery Sabers 1000 NCO Swords	15,000 Cavalry Sabers 500 NCO Swords

	Cavalry Sabers	Artillery Sabers	NCO Swords	Musician Swords
1861	--	--	--	--
1862	--	--	DFM GGS	--
1863	--	--	AHC (guard) DFM DML	DFM JTR
1864	DFM DFD (pommel) JM	--	JM	--
1865	JF JM (pommel)	--	DFM	--

E & S Production:

27,060 M1860 Cavalry Sabers

????? M1840 Artillery Sabers (1863 contract)

12,000 M1840 NCO Swords

3,000 M1840 Musician Swords

37,458 Cavalry Sabers (a small # of NCO Swords and Cav. Sabers imported as well)

	Cavalry Sabers	Artillery Sabers	NCO Swords	Musician Swords
1861		X	X	X
1862	JM DFC	X	X	X
1863		X	X	X
1864	X	X	X	X
1865	X	X	X	X

Prov. Tool Co. Production:

10,434 Cavalry Sabers 1861-3?

	Cavalry Sabers	Artillery Sabers	NCO Swords	Musician Swords
1861	X	X	X	X
1862	CEW WEH	X	X	X
1863	X	X	X	X
1864	X	X	X	X
1865	X	X	X	X

Millard Production:

10,031 Cavalry Sabers, 1862

Many thanks to the myriad people who have allowed me to look at their swords or pictures of their swords while accumulating this information.

Bibliography:

Contract information and translations of inspectors' initials found in:

American Swords and Sword Makers, by Richard Bezdek, Paladin Press, copyright 1994