Holy grail’ of Civil War swords found in Massachusetts
http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Holy-grail-of-Civil-War-swords-found-in-11292528.php
It looks like it's in pretty good shape.
More here:BOSTON — The sword that belonged to the commanding officer of the first all-black regiment raised in the North during the U.S. Civil War has been recovered after being lost to history for more than 150 years. The British-made sword carried into battle by Col. Robert Gould Shaw was stolen after he was killed during the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry’s doomed attack on Fort Wagner, S.C., in 1863, a battle portrayed in the 1989 Oscar-winning movie “Glory.”
It was found recently in the home of one of Shaw’s distant relatives and is scheduled to go on display at the Massachusetts Historical Society on Tuesday, the anniversary of his death.
http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Holy-grail-of-Civil-War-swords-found-in-11292528.php
It looks like it's in pretty good shape.