I recently attended the Missouri Valley Arms Collectors Association show in Kansas City and picked up a bayonet that I had been wanting for a long time. I was able to pick up a nice USN Civil War Dahlgren bayonet for the Plymouth/Whitneyville musket. This was the first US military use of a knife bayonet and Admiral Dahlgren pushed for its adoption prior to the Civil War.

My bayonet is a transition between the 3rd type and the 4th type identified by Harden and is dated 1864. It is in excellent condition with the later AMES MFg.Co. markings.

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Dal bayonet hilt.JPG (90.8 KB, 34 downloads)
Dal bayonet pommel.JPG (81.4 KB, 34 downloads)
Dal bayonet blade tip.JPG (79.35 KB, 34 downloads)
Dal bayonet maker.JPG (59.18 KB, 34 downloads)

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