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This sword belonged to Major General Benjamin Lincoln, General Washington’s second in command at the Siege of Yorktown.

Colonel John Chandler of the 8th Connecticut Regiment carried this small sword during the Revolutionary War as a symbol of his rank.

French and Indian War veteran Colonel Jonathan Pettibone carried this small sword, engraved with his name, during the New York campaign of 1776.

American sailors aboard Continental Navy vessels and privateer ships often used French weapons, like this cutlass.

This photograph of Mehitable Potter, taken in the 100th year of her life, shows one of the last surviving members of the Revolutionary generation.