Author: John Willyard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931464833
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
U. S. Model 1855 Series of Small Arms
Author: John Willyard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931464833
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931464833
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
An Introduction to Civil War Small Arms
Author: Earl J. Coates
Publisher: Thomas Publications (PA)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher: Thomas Publications (PA)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume III
Author: George D. Moller
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 082635002X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
This third volume in Moller’s authoritative reference work describes muzzleloading percussion shoulder arms procured by the U.S. government for issue to federal and state armed forces in the period that includes the Civil War. These twenty-five years were an exciting time in the history of shoulder arms. During the 1840s, only a handful of American manufacturers were capable of producing significant quantities of arms having fully interchangeable components. By the early 1850s, at least one firm was producing rifles with close enough tolerances to be considered fully interchangeable. And thanks to the invention of the expanding bullet, rifled arms could be used by an army’s entire infantry. For the first time, line infantry were equipped with arms capable of rapid reloading and of consistently hitting a man-sized target at distances as great as three hundred yards. Like the first two volumes of American Military Shoulder Arms, this exhaustive reference work will be a must for serious arms collectors, dealers, and museum specialists.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 082635002X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
This third volume in Moller’s authoritative reference work describes muzzleloading percussion shoulder arms procured by the U.S. government for issue to federal and state armed forces in the period that includes the Civil War. These twenty-five years were an exciting time in the history of shoulder arms. During the 1840s, only a handful of American manufacturers were capable of producing significant quantities of arms having fully interchangeable components. By the early 1850s, at least one firm was producing rifles with close enough tolerances to be considered fully interchangeable. And thanks to the invention of the expanding bullet, rifled arms could be used by an army’s entire infantry. For the first time, line infantry were equipped with arms capable of rapid reloading and of consistently hitting a man-sized target at distances as great as three hundred yards. Like the first two volumes of American Military Shoulder Arms, this exhaustive reference work will be a must for serious arms collectors, dealers, and museum specialists.
The Rifled Musket
Author: Claud E. Fuller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"A great deal of time and study has been devoted to the task of acquiring a knowledge of our flintlock military arms, and much has been written on the subject ... In this compilation, the source used is the Official Chart issued from Springfield Armory, for as is well known, all such publications had to be approved by the officials of the War Department, and the model designations used on the chart must have had official sanction"--Introduction
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Firearms
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"A great deal of time and study has been devoted to the task of acquiring a knowledge of our flintlock military arms, and much has been written on the subject ... In this compilation, the source used is the Official Chart issued from Springfield Armory, for as is well known, all such publications had to be approved by the officials of the War Department, and the model designations used on the chart must have had official sanction"--Introduction
U. S. Military Arms Inspector Marks
Author: Anthony C. Daum
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931464772
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781931464772
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Small Arms at Gettysburg
Author: Joseph G. Bilby
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Effect of Soldiers' Weapons on the Turning Point of the Civil War The three-day battle of Gettysburg has probably been the subject of more books and articles than any other comparable event. Surprisingly, until this work, no one has analyzed the firearms and other individual soldier's weapons used at Gettysburg in any great detail. The battle was a watershed, with military weapons technologies representing the past, present, and future--sabers, smoothbores, rifles, and breechloaders--in action alongside each other, providing a unique opportunity to compare performance and use, as well as determining how particular weapons and their deployment affected the outcome and course of the battle. Small Arms at Gettysburg: Infantry and Cavalry Weapons in America's Greatest Battle covers all of the individual soldier's weapons--muskets, rifle-muskets, carbines, repeaters, sharpshooter arms, revolvers, and swords--providing a detailed examination of their history and development, technology, capabilities, and use on the field at Gettysburg. Here we learn that the smoothbore musket, although beloved by some who carried it, sang its swan song, the rifle-musket began to come into its own, and the repeating rifle, although tactically mishandled, gave a glimpse of future promise. This is the story of the weapons and men who carried them into battle during three days in July 1863.
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Effect of Soldiers' Weapons on the Turning Point of the Civil War The three-day battle of Gettysburg has probably been the subject of more books and articles than any other comparable event. Surprisingly, until this work, no one has analyzed the firearms and other individual soldier's weapons used at Gettysburg in any great detail. The battle was a watershed, with military weapons technologies representing the past, present, and future--sabers, smoothbores, rifles, and breechloaders--in action alongside each other, providing a unique opportunity to compare performance and use, as well as determining how particular weapons and their deployment affected the outcome and course of the battle. Small Arms at Gettysburg: Infantry and Cavalry Weapons in America's Greatest Battle covers all of the individual soldier's weapons--muskets, rifle-muskets, carbines, repeaters, sharpshooter arms, revolvers, and swords--providing a detailed examination of their history and development, technology, capabilities, and use on the field at Gettysburg. Here we learn that the smoothbore musket, although beloved by some who carried it, sang its swan song, the rifle-musket began to come into its own, and the repeating rifle, although tactically mishandled, gave a glimpse of future promise. This is the story of the weapons and men who carried them into battle during three days in July 1863.
U. S. and Confederate Arms and Armories During the American Civil War
Author: James B. Whisker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This volume includes topics such as: breech-loading carbines; inspection; costs; pre-Civil War arms; carbines whose production and first models were produced before the Civil War; and Civil War percussion carbines.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This volume includes topics such as: breech-loading carbines; inspection; costs; pre-Civil War arms; carbines whose production and first models were produced before the Civil War; and Civil War percussion carbines.
The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia
Author: Diagram Group
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312368326
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This guide covers the entire history of weapons, from the earliest, most primitive instruments up to remarkable advances in modern defense and warfare. Comprehensively illustrated, with diagrams, charts, photographs, and much more.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312368326
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This guide covers the entire history of weapons, from the earliest, most primitive instruments up to remarkable advances in modern defense and warfare. Comprehensively illustrated, with diagrams, charts, photographs, and much more.
Johnson's Univeral Cyclopædia
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Johnson's New Universal Cyclopædia
Author: Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1838
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1838
Book Description