Dug Confederate DGuard AUTHENTIC

Description

Here is a good "honest" example of a field excavated DGuard Bowie.
This was plowed from a farm field in Hume Va. in 1995.
It's missing the tip which would have made the blade 13 inches long.(It measures 12 inches now) Overall length is 17.5 inches.
The family who discovered it preserved what was left of the rusting knife. It is quite stable and secure. The 2 iron  ferules that secured the wooden grip still remain on the knife and you can still make out the false edge on the blade.
Hume was once known as Barbee's Crossroads during Colonial times. The Confederates brought their wounded  from both Battles of Manassas to a field hospital set up in Barbee's Crossroads.
The present village of Hume, Virginia (about 5 miles south of I-66 exit 18) was known as Barbee's Crossroads in the mid 19th century, after Joseph Barbee, who leased the land from Denny Fairfax in 1787. The village was at the north end of the Leeds Manor Turnpike which was incorporated in 1848. The center of the village is at the corner of Leeds of Manor Road (Route 688) and Hume Road ( Route 635), formerly known as the "Crossroads". Later the village was named for the Hume family. At one time, the village had 3 stores and 4 blacksmiths; a 4th store existed later. There were very large cattle farms in the surrounding areas, which employed many families. During the Civil War, the wounded from the battles of Manassas were taken to Barbee's Crossroads
This knife likely belonged to a fallen Confederate from one of those 2 battles.