RARE CIVIL WAR ERA REBEL M1856 ENFIELD BAYONET FOUND BARLOW\'S KNOLL-GETTYSBURG For Sale

RARE CIVIL WAR ERA REBEL M1856 ENFIELD BAYONET FOUND BARLOW\'S KNOLL-GETTYSBURG-FROM THE LATE GENE PIERPOINT COLLECTION-HE ACQUIRED ORIGINALLY FROM DOBBIN HOUSE MUSEUM/SHOP-MEASURES 28 3/4\" WITH 23 1/2\" BLADE MARKED IN OLD PAINT REBEL BAYONET BARLOWS KNOLL-1863 - IRON GUARD- BLACK PRESSED-CHECKED GRIPS AND IRON POMMEL - GREAT PATINA - ON JULY 1ST -1863 CONFEDERATE INFANTRY RUN INTO UNION CAVALRY AND SOLDIERS OF THE 1ST CORPS WEST OF GETTYSBURG- MORE SOUTHERN UNITS ARRIVED FROM THE NORTH- UNION GENERAL BARLOW (11TH CORPS) WOULD SIEGETHEHIGH GROUND ON THE UNION RIGHT FLANK TO HOLD THE CONFEDERATE ADVANCE- A PIVOTAL MONUMENT IN THE FIRST DAY\'S FIGHTING- BARLOW WAS HIT HARD BY THE CONFEDERATES ON TWO SIDES AND RIGHT FLANK WHICH WAS HANGING IN THE AIR - A WOUNDED AND CAPTURED BARLOW WOULD CONDEMN THIS SOLDIERS FOR NOT FIGHTING HARDER AND THEY WOULD SITE HIS PLACEMENT OF HIS LINES AS THAT OF A FOOL- BAD DAY FOR THE 11TH CORPS- STILL HEAVY FIGHTING ON THE HIGH GROUND THAT WOULD BE KNOWN AS BARLOW\'S KNOLL- THE CONFEDERATES COMMANDED THE HIGH GROUND TURNING THE UNION LINE AND ROUTED THE SURVIVORS BACK TOWARD GETTYSBURG- ONE OF THE ENFIELD BAYONETS LEFT ON THE FIELD FROM THE ATTACKING REBEL INFANTRY AND LATER PICKED UP BY A LOCAL AFTER THE BATTLE- RARE COLLECTIBLE

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