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An important Model 1850 United States Civil War Regulation Foot Officer’s Presentation Sword, manufactured by Peter Daniel Luneschloss Waffen-Fabrik, Solingen, Germany, and presented to Major Jacob Parker Gould of the 13th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and later Colonel of the 59th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The sword features a gilt brass hilt with finely textured openwork foliate scroll counter-guard, textured knuckle bow, and a finely detailed pommel. The grip is executed in shagreen and bound with fine brass wire wrapping. The curved, single-edge blade with false edge at the tip and single wide fuller is decorated with patriotic and martial motifs including a liberty cap, foliate devices, eagle, and crossed flags with the inscriptions "Pluribus Unum" and "US." The ricasso is marked "P.D.L." and retains its felt washer at the top of the blade. The sword is housed in its original black leather scabbard with gilt brass mounts, the upper mount engraved: "Presented to Major J. Parker Gould By the Regimental Officers of the 13th M.V. Infy, Regt July 15, 1861" and fitted with two suspension rings. Jacob Parker Gould, son of Jacob and Phoebe (Parker) Gould, graduated from Norwich University in 1849 with a Bachelor of Science degree, later tutoring mathematics before teaching in Stoneham and Wilmington, Massachusetts, and subsequently working as a civil engineer. He served as an officer in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia in the early 1850s and was elected to the Massachusetts legislature in 1855 and 1859. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Gould organized the Stoneham Grey Eagles, which became Company G of the 13th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, though he was commissioned Major of the regiment on July 16, 1861, where he earned the sobriquet "Fighting Major." After nearly three years of service in the Eastern Theater, he was discharged on April 24, 1864, to accept a commission as Colonel of the 59th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. On July 30, 1864, he was mortally wounded by a gunshot wound to his left knee during the mine explosion at Petersburg, Virginia. Following amputation at City Point, he was transferred to the Officers’ Hospital in Philadelphia, where he succumbed to complications from his wounds on August 21, 1864. Accompanying the sword are official United States Government copies of Gould’s service record obtained from the National Archives and Records Administration, dated January 8, 1974, as well as two photographic likenesses of Major Gould. An exceptional Civil War presentation-grade officer’s sword with direct regimental attribution to a fallen field officer. From a Scarsdale, NY estate. Dimensions: sword measures approx. 36" in length (excluding scabbard).