In this photo taken March 19, 2012, Allen Wandling, of Belleville, Ill., poses with Confederate Col. William P. Rogers sword from the Battle of Corinth, Miss. Wandling, a serious Civil War memorabilia collector, bought the sword from a man in Joplin, Mo., and spent four years tracing the story of the sword. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann)