A New System of Sword Exercise: With a Manual of the Sword for Officers, Mounted and Dismounted ... - Paperback

by Matthew O'Rourke (Author)

Illustrated with delicately clear line drawings, and first published on the eve of the American Civil War (this revised edition 1872 ) this Edged Weapon Manual tells the aspiring swordsman - mounted or fighting on foot - all he needs to know to defeat, wound and/or kill his opponent by the sword. A must for the American Civil War, and Indian Wars Reenactor.