Thanks for the response. As I looked back at the thread, I see you mentioned some of that before. Sorry to ask you to go through that again. Reason I asked is that there are some swords, often hard to identify, that were 'inscribed for presentation' about 50 years ago during the CW Centennial. Your's does not sound like one of those. Seems to be a period piece, but with inscriptions it is difficult to verify.

I've looked at every source I can think of and can't find any reference to him as an officer. Still, the records of the war have many examples of men enlisting as privates and rising to NCO or officer status. Problem here is that such transition are usually traceable.

Perhaps something else will turn up.