'Holy Grail of Civil War Swords' Found in Massachusetts Attic
By Sarah B. Puschmann, Staff Writer | July 25, 2017 03:32pm ET
This is the sword Colonel Robert Gould Shaw carried into the assault on Fort Wagner July 18, 1863.
In March, Anne Bentley, curator of art and artifacts at the Massachusetts Historical Society, received a pivotal text from her boss: "The sword is in the house."
Bentley rushed to the table where the weapon was laid out, but she didn't need to look closely. From even about 5 feet (1.5 meters) away, she said to her boss, "'Brenda, this is the sword.' It's got an aura," Bentley told Live Science. "You just know."
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