2025-03-1418611861 Ala. Laws 214-15, ch. 22 (Nov. 27, 1861)https://dspace.d106.bravog.com/handle/123456789/189--Appropriated $6000 to purchase Bowie knives and Bowie knife pikes for the 48th regiment of the Alabama militia at an inflated price of $3 per Bowie knife due to Bowie knife restrictions. The average value of a Bowie knife was fifty cents in other states. .enARMED FORCESBook chapter