While many of us are familiar with the "CSA" knucklebow cast swords, there has been little information regarding their origin or the fact that the company that made them was responsible for the manufacture of other types of weapons, accoutrements, and buttons. Chris E. Fonvielle, Jr., brings us the history of these objects and a good look at businessman Louis Froelich who was responsible for their production during the Civil War. Added to this work are actual examples from the collection of John W. McAden, Jr., as well as material from public and private collections. This combination of writer and collector gives us a fascinating look at the work of one arms operation in North Carolina and its contributions to the Confederate armies. Louis Froelich emigrated from Bavaria in 1861 and settled in Wilmington, N.C. His first work was with the Wilmington Button Manufactory. Following its closing Froelich and a partner opened the Wilmington Sword Factory, later changed to the C.S.A. Arms Factory. This plant not only produced edged weapons, but also a variety of accoutrements and sunburst buttons which went to the field in large numbers. The book also has a section of miscellaneous edged weapons which are sometimes connected to Froelich, but without full documentation is included.