This is a Yatagan sword-bayonet used in the American "Civil War". The Confederates imported a great deal of their weapons from France and Great Britain (as did the US) and the Yatagan was one of them.
Named for a particular style of Turkish sword used by the Ottoman Empire, this model of sword-bayonet was originally attached to a Remington rifle.
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