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R.P.B ~ Robert P. Barry (1851-1865)

R.P.B. ~ Robert P. Beales (1852-1879)

G.K.C. ~ George K. Charter (1861)

R.C. ~ Rufus Chandler (1831-1850)

L.D. ~ L. Dustin (1861-1863)

W.D. ~ William Dickinson (1848-1850)

H.D.H. ~ Henry D. Hastings (1862-1865)

W.E.H. ~ Unknown (1862)

J.H. ~ John Hannis (1862) (I have included all of the J.H. inspectors' marks as there were far more than the commonly assumed "John Hannis")

           Joseph Hannis (1838-1862)

           Joseph Harness (1841-1844)

           James Harris (1837-1851)

           James Hawkins (1837-1851)

           John Hawkins (1841-1852)

A.D.K. ~ Andrew D. King (1840-1865)

W.C.K. ~ Unknown (1848-?)

J.M. ~ John Maggs (1862)

J.M. ~ Justin Murphy (1841)

J.M. ~ Justice Murphy (1813-1840)

            Justin Murphy

J.W.R. ~ James Wolfe Ripley (1843-1855)

G.G.S. ~ George G. Saunders (1856-1865)

W.S. ~ William Smith (1828-1841)

W.A.T. ~ William Anderson Thornton (1840-1866)

R.H.K.W. ~ Robert Henry Kirkwood Whitely (1854-1858)

C.E.W. ~ Charles E. Wilson (1846-1865)

J.C.W. ~ Unknown

Civil War Army Swords, 2008, John Thillman, pp. 576, 577

Examples of Inspectors' & Blade Makers' Marks

Click on the thumbnail below to enlarge the picture.  If known, the inspector's name will appear in the caption box under the picture on the bottom left.

Common U.S. Armory Inspectors