RARE CIVIL WAR ERA BOWIE STYLE KNIFE AND LEATHER SHEATH-OWNED BY JAMES B HUGHES NOTED NEWSMAN-POLITICAN AND ABOLITIONIST- HEAVY INFLUENCE WITH THE WHIG PARTY IN OHIO-MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN- PRACTICED LAWYER IN WISCONSIN ON A STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL-FOUR OF HIS SONS SERVED IN THE UNION ARMY- SERVED AS A COLONEL IN OHIO MILITIA BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR- THE KNIFE MEASURES 17 1/8\" WITH A 11 3/4\" BY 2\" WIDE BLADE- 1/4\" ACROSS TOP EDGE- BRASS GUARD AND GROOVED WOODEN HANDLE -BRASS POMMEL CAP-TIGHT- GREAT DARK LEATHER SHEATH WITH JBH TOOLED NEAR THE TOP -JAMES B HUGHES- GREAT COLLECTIBLE FROM THIS FAMOUS POLITICAN AND ABOLITIONIST FROM THE WESTERN STATES- RARE RELIC