Here is an original Civil War socket bayonet. This is the bayonet that went on the Enfield pattern military rifle. It has a nice heavily weathered excavated look to the metal with the losses from it spending the hundred years in the ground. The blade is now only 10 inches in length as you can see in the pictures. The socket is still mostly present. The verbal history that accompanied this bayonet is that it was found in the 1960's in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia area. Chancellorsville was a battle between the Confederate forces of Robert E. Lee and Union General Joseph Hooker on April 30th until May 6, 1863. This is a nice looking bayonet and possibly Southern used.