Identification of various swords

[76shepherd]

Due to the success I had of having my father in-law's bayonet identified (thanks Old-Smithy!), I thought I'd go ahead and post a few more here. Some of these have engraving on the blade and a cutlass that has inscription on the spine, blade back or whatever the back of the blade is called.

They all have varying degrees of surface rust but nothing horrendous. He is convinced that one or more were issued during or shortly before the Spanish American war. I only took perhaps half a dozen pictures but can take more if needed. I apologize that these aren't very good, photography is my wife's forte. I'll have her take the next ones if needed.

I'll continue to search images on the internet to try to find similar swords, but I thought it would be a good idea to post the images here in the meantime.
The last image is an engraving of the presentation date to his distant relative, a General Tobey.

Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide!

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