Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Georgia Joe Brown Pike Russian Field Gear Graduated from Command and General

Graduated from Command and General Staff School in 1937

PAT[ENT] 1859

though the finish is  worn

leather soft and supple

Brass hilt wears a pleasing finish overall and is tight to the handle

Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Georgia Joe Brown Pike Russian Field Gear Graduated from Command and GeneralOriginal Item: Only One Available. During the War Between the States, to arm the Home Guard, Gov. Joseph E. Brown had made a great number of pikes, daggers on long poles, for close fighting. The mill near Sautee Creek, Georgia, was converted to the manufacture of Joe Brown Pikes. Though church bells and old iron were given for making the pikes, iron from a forge near Clarksville was probably used too. After the War the mill was reconverted to grinding