Robert E. Lee's Sword to be Taken to New Appomattox Museum

Now this is a cool museum piece and I would love to go to Richmond to see it one day.

The 40 1/2-inch sword now sparkles, from the lion head on its pommel to the gilded relief on its steel sword. It has an ivory grip.

One side of the blade, in raised letters, reads: "Gen. Robert E. Lee CSA from a Marylander 1863."

The Lee admirer who had it commissioned in Paris by Louis-Francois Devisme is not known, Hancock said.

The other side of the blade reads: "Aide toi dieu l'aidera." Translated, it means, "Help yourself and God will help you."

The scabbard is made of blued steel.

I wonder who the Marylander was? I guess that is one of those mysteries that would only be solved if you went to Paris and checked the books of Louis-Francois Devisme. Here is a pic of Marse Robert's sword: