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ISBN 13 : 9780939683000
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Breech-loading Carbines of the United States Civil War Period written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Walter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472842243
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book Weapons of the Civil War Cavalryman written by John Walter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the American Civil War, the mounted soldiers fighting on both sides of the conflict carried a wide array of weapons, from sabers and lances to carbines, revolvers, and other firearms. Though some sections of the cavalry placed their trust in the sabre, the advent of viable breechloading carbines -- especially repeaters such as the Spencer -- was to transform warfare within little more than a decade of General Lee's final surrender at Appomattox. However, output struggled to keep up with unprecedented demands on manufacturing technology and distribution in areas where communication was difficult and in states whose primary aim was to equip their own men rather than contribute to the arming of Federal or Confederate regiments. In addition, the almost unparalleled losses of men and equipment ensured that almost any firearm, effectual or not, was pressed into service. Consequently, the sheer variety of weaponry carried reflected the mounted soldiers' various roles in different theatres of operation, but also the availability -- or otherwise -- of weapons, notably on the Confederate side. Fully illustrated, this study assesses the effectiveness of the many different weapons arming the Civil War cavalryman and analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the decisions made after 1865 concerning the armament of the US cavalry.
Author : James B. Whisker
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Total Pages : 248 pages
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Download or read book U. S. and Confederate Arms and Armories During the American Civil War written by James B. Whisker and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Report of the Secretary of War on 10 June 1848 showed that on 30 June 1847 the United States possessed 707, 011 small arms, of which 586, 513 had been made at the Harper's Ferry and Springfield national armories; 118, 113 had been made by private armories and contractors; and only 2365 had been imported. All foreign made arms were classified as fourth-class arms, but within just twenty years, were to become more important than at any time since the First War for Independence.
Author : Robert S. Seigler
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1611177936
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (111 download)
Download or read book The Best Gun in the World written by Robert S. Seigler and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thoroughly researched account of weapons innovation and industrialization in South Carolina during the Civil War and the man who made it happen. A year after seceding from the Union, South Carolina and the Confederate States government faced the daunting challenge of equipping soldiers with weapons, ammunition, and other military implements during the American Civil War. In The Best Gun in the World, Robert S. Seigler explains how South Carolina created its own armory and then enlisted the help of a weapons technology inventor to meet the demand. Seigler mined state and federal factory records, national and state archives, and US patents for detailed information on weapons production, the salaries and status of free and enslaved employees, and other financial records to reveal an interesting, distinctive story of technological innovation and industrialization in South Carolina. George Woodward Morse, originally from New Hampshire, was a machinist and firearms innovator, who settled in Louisiana in the 1840s. He invented a reliable breechloading firearm in the mid-1850s to replace muzzleloaders that were ubiquitous throughout the world. Essential to the successful operation of any breechloader was its ammunition, and Morse perfected the first metallic, center-fire, pre-primed cartridge, his most notable contribution to the development of modern firearms. The US War Department tested Morse rifles and cartridges prior to the beginning of the Civil War and contracted with the inventor to produce the weapons at Harpers Ferry Armory. However, when the war began, Morse, a slave-holding plantation owner, determined that he could sell more of his guns in the South. The South Carolina State Military Works originally designed to cast cannon, produced Morse’s carbine and modified muskets, brass cartridges, cartridge boxes, and other military accoutrements. The armory ultimately produced only about 1,350 Morse firearms. For the next twenty years, Morse sought to regain his legacy as the inventor of the center-fire brass cartridges that are today standard ammunition for military and sporting firearms. “Does justice to one of the greatest stories in American firearms history. If George Woodward Morse had not sided with the Confederacy, his name might be as famous today as Colt or Winchester.” —Gordon L. Jones, Atlanta History Center “Excellent and well-researched.” —Patrick McCawley, South Carolina Department of Archives and History “For connoisseurs and scholars of military history (especially Civil War), history of technology, or Southern/South Carolina history, this is a must-read and reference volume pertaining to a previously little-known aspect of the nineteenth century that had a far-reaching impact in the manner wars would be fought by soldiers decades later.” —Barry L. Stiefel, College of Charleston
Author : Burke Davis
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Civil War written by Burke Davis and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230530604
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)
Download or read book American Civil War Rifles written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Rifles in the American Civil War, Pattern 1853 Enfield, Spencer repeating rifle, Sharps rifle, Henry rifle, Whitworth rifle, Brunswick rifle, Harpers Ferry Model 1803, Springfield Model 1855, Colt revolving rifle, Springfield Model 1861, Joslyn rifle, Burnside carbine, Minie rifle, M1819 Hall rifle, Lorenz Rifle, M1841 Mississippi Rifle, Springfield Model 1847, Fayetteville rifle, Springfield Model 1842, Tarpley carbine, Richmond Rifle, Smith carbine, Triplett & Scott carbine, Springfield Model 1863, Starr Carbine, Springfield Model 1835, Maynard Carbine, Springfield Model 1840 Flintlock Musket, Pattern 1861 Enfield Musketoon, Merrill Carbine, Gallager carbine, Rising Breech Carbine. Excerpt: During the American Civil War, the rifle was the most common weapon found on the battlefield. Most of the rifles during that time were loaded with a small lead musket ball or with a minnie ball (or Minie ball) and black powder. Most rifles of this era were muzzle loaded rifled muskets. These rifles were used by both the United States of America ("Union") and the Confederate States of America. In the decades leading up to the Civil War, numerous advances had been made in weapons. The flintlock, which had been in use for almost two hundred years, had been replaced by the caplock in the 1840s. Rifles had been in use for many years, but prior to the civil war had been rare in military use. The black powder at the time quickly fouled the barrel, making reloading slower and more difficult. Round balls did not fit so tightly into the barrel, and therefore did not suffer from the slow loading problem common to rifles. Black powder also quickly obscured the battlefield, which led military leaders of the time to conclude that the greater range of rifles was of little value on the battlefield. Military leaders therefore preferred the...
Author : United States. Congress. House
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Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Roberts Breech-loading Musket and Carbine. Letter from the Secretary of War, Relative to the Manufacture at the Springfield Armory of the Roberts Breech-loading Musket and Carbine. February 3, 1875. -- Referred the Committee on Military Affairs and Ordered to be Printed written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Earl J. Hess
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807159387
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Civil War Infantry Tactics written by Earl J. Hess and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EARL J. HESS is Stewart W. McClelland Chair in History at Lincoln Memorial University and the author of fifteen books on the Civil War, including Kennesaw Mountain: Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign ; The Knoxville Campaign: Burnside and Longstreet in East Tennessee ; and The Civil War in the West: Victory and Defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi.
Author : Dean S. Thomas
Publisher : Thomas Publications (PA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Round Ball to Rimfire: Federal breechloading carbines & rifles written by Dean S. Thomas and published by Thomas Publications (PA). This book was released on 1997 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Earl J. Hess
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700623833
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat written by Earl J. Hess and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2016-07-11 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War's single-shot, muzzle-loading musket revolutionized warfare-or so we've been told for years. Noted historian Earl J. Hess forcefully challenges that claim, offering a new, clear-eyed, and convincing assessment of the rifle musket's actual performance on the battlefield and its impact on the course of the Civil War. Many contemporaries were impressed with the new weapon's increased range of 500 yards, compared to the smoothbore musket's range of 100 yards, and assumed that the rifle was a major factor in prolonging the Civil War. Historians have also assumed that the weapon dramatically increased casualty rates, made decisive victories rare, and relegated cavalry and artillery to far lesser roles than they played in smoothbore battles. Hess presents a completely new assessment of the rifle musket, contending that its impact was much more limited than previously supposed and was confined primarily to marginal operations such as skirmishing and sniping. He argues further that its potential to alter battle line operations was virtually nullified by inadequate training, soldiers' preference for short-range firing, and the difficulty of seeing the enemy at a distance. He notes that bullets fired from the new musket followed a parabolic trajectory unlike those fired from smoothbores; at mid-range, those rifle balls flew well above the enemy, creating two killing zones between which troops could operate untouched. He also presents the most complete discussion to date of the development of skirmishing and sniping in the Civil War. Drawing upon the observations and reflections of the soldiers themselves, Hess offers the most compelling argument yet made regarding the actual use of the rifle musket and its influence on Civil War combat. Engagingly written and meticulously researched, his book will be of special interest to Civil War scholars, buffs, re-enactors, and gun enthusiasts alike.
Author : The Editors of TIME-LIFE
Publisher : Time Inc. Books
ISBN 13 : 1683304640
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)
Download or read book TIME-LIFE History of the Rifle written by The Editors of TIME-LIFE and published by Time Inc. Books. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TIME-LIFE presents the History of the Rifle from the first hand-held versions were Chinese fire lances invented in the 10th century through the Americans and their expansion westward, who refined the weapon and redefined its place in culture and society.
Author : United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ordnance
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Manual of Exercise for the Navy Breech-Loading Carbine written by United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ordnance and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William C. Davis
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806130606
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Fighting Men of the Civil War written by William C. Davis and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the everyday life of the common soldier during the Civil War, including information on what life was like for the soldiers in basic training, combat, and imprisonment.
Author : Ann Byers
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502610310
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Strategic Inventions of the Civil War written by Ann Byers and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War was the bloodiest war America has ever faced. In many ways, it was a time of change for the United States. One of these changes was in the technologies that were developed and used. The repeating rifle, the railroad, and the submarine are technologies that were created, tested, or greatly improved during this crisis. This book explores the effect of the war, the impact each technology had on the war and on society in the years and decades following it, and the legacy of these events and developments today.
Author : Bruce Wexler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510770569
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book 50 Guns That Changed America written by Bruce Wexler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of America—And Our Guns The history of the United States is, like it or not, interwoven with the history of firearms. The young colony needed technologically advanced arms to hunt for food for survival and to maintain a secure base in the face of Native American opposition to European settlers. As the Vikings discovered several centuries earlier, the Indians were tough opponents expert in the use of bladed weapons and bows. The advent of firearms gave European settlers an advantage, although it was only a matter of time until the Native Americans gained access to firearms themselves. Ironically, this was often through unscrupulous white traders. Because these superior weapons gained them their freedom, the principle of the right to bear arms remains etched into the American psyche to this day. Since then, the US has been through a terrible Civil War, at which time many different guns were invented and deployed against brother Americans, each one playing a part in the eventual outcome of the war. After the Civil War came a period of frontier establishment when the country consolidated itself from coast to coast. The outside world knows this best as the Wild West, and again guns played a big part in civilizing unruly parts of the nation. Two world wars also tested America's ingenuity in ensuring that its troops were competitively armed. The invention of automatic weapons by John M. Browning made this a reality. In the post Second World War period the country has had to fight its way through Korea, Vietnam, and numerous other conflicts in the Middle East and Asia. Gun development has not stood still at any time in United States history, and this book illustrates fifty examples that form essential parts of that story. 50 Guns That Changed America will explore the most significant American weapons from the early days of firepower to the amazing modern guns in use today, including: Simeon North/Hall pistol Dimick plains rifle Spencer carbine rifle Winchester Model 1866 Smith & Wesson Army revolver Colt Peacemaker M60 machine gun ArmaLite AR-18 machine gun Each firearm is illustrated in full color with archive photography of the manufacturers and the guns in action where possible.
Author : Martin Pegler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472815920
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War written by Martin Pegler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the outset of the American Civil War, the Union Army's sharpshooters were initially equipped with the M1855 Colt revolving rifle, but it was prone to malfunction. Instead, the North's sharpshooters preferred the Sharps rifle, an innovative breech-loading weapon capable of firing up to ten shots per minute – more than three times the rate of fire offered by the standard-issue Springfield .58-caliber rifled musket. Other Union sharpshooters were equipped with the standard-issue Springfield rifled musket or the .56-56-caliber Spencer Repeating Rifle. Conversely, the Confederacy favoured the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled musket for its sharpshooters and also imported from Britain the Whitworth Rifle, a .45-caliber, single-shot, muzzle-loading weapon distinguished by its use of a twisted hexagonal barrel. Featuring specially commissioned artwork, this is the engrossing story of the innovative rifles that saw combat in the hands of sharpshooters on both sides during the Civil War.
Author : Edward Hull
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781519526076
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Burnside Breechloading Carbines and Rifles written by Edward Hull and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambrose Everett Burnside made his mark in history as a famous battlefield commander during the American Civil War. Today, collectors of antique firearms better remember him for the handy cavalry carbine that he invented and had manufactured, a carbine that played a large part in arming Federal cavalrymen during that war. Getting the first 300 of those carbines fabricated drove Burnside into bankruptcy in 1857, and he then changed careers. The demand for good arms with the coming of the war quickly changed penury to profit: nearly 59,000 of the carbines of his design were ultimately produced, garnering over $2 million dollars for the two companies which made them. This book is the story of the design and production of the five different variations of the Burnside carbine, and the cartridges, tools and accouterments furnished with them. "Noted arms historian Ed Hull has produced his latest 'Collector's Guide to Firearms, ' and it is a most compelling and complete study of Civil War era Burnside Carbines and Rifles. This author has studied these unique breechloading firearms for many decades now, and this 173-page book covers all prototypes and production models, related Burnside ammunition and associated accoutrements. Students and collectors of Civil War weaponry will appreciate how complete and reliable this work is." Roy Marcot, author of "Spencer repeating Firearms" "Once again, longtime firearms student and writer Edward Hull has written a fine book that expands upon the one he originally wrote in 1986 on the same subject...It would make for a wonderful addition to the library of the arms collector...." Frank Graves, ARMS HERITAGE MAGAZINE
