Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Georgia Joe Brown Pike Fusee Spring & Cover None show manufacturer dates

None show manufacturer dates

which had a large flash hider that prevented earlier bayonets from fitting

It has a 27 inch long linen strap on each side

serial number 292542B indicates that it was manufactured in 1889

and belt is adjustable

Original U.S. Civil War Confederate Georgia Joe Brown Pike Fusee Spring & Cover None show manufacturer datesOriginal Item: Only One Available. During the War Between the States, to arm the Home Guard, Gov. Joseph E. Brown had made a great number of pikes, daggers on long poles, for close fighting. The mill near Sautee Creek, Georgia, was converted to the manufacture of Joe Brown Pikes. Though church bells and old iron were given for making the pikes, iron from a forge near Clarksville was probably used too. After the War the mill was reconverted to grinding