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Author: Earl J. Hess
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 304
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKChallenges the longstanding view that the rifle musket revolutionized warfare during the Civil War, arguing instead that its actual impact was real but limited and specialized.
Author: Earl J. Hess
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: 2015-04-13
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 0807159387
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEARL 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.
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Publisher: Zenith Press
Published: 2011-03-28
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0760339716
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Featuring guns photographed by Dennis Adler from the Mike Clark/Collector's Firearms Collection; the Dr. Joseph A. Murphy Collection; and the Dennis LeVett Collection, with additional photography provided by the Rock Island Auction Company Archives."
Author: William Bennett Edwards
Publisher: Book Sales
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780890095843
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA detailed, photographically illustrated examination of the production and use of firearms in the North and the South during the years of the Civil War
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019-02-11
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9004393307
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume explores the importance of technology in war, and to the study of warfare. Dr. Guilmartin’s former students explore how technology from the medieval to the modern era, and across several continents, was integral to warfare and to the outcomes of wars. Authors discuss the interactions between politics, grand strategy, war, technology, and the socio-cultural implementation of new technologies in different contexts. They explore how and why belligerents chose to employ new technologies, the intended and unintended consequences of doing so, the feedback loops driving these consequences, and how the warring powers came to grips with the new technologies they unleashed. This work is particularly useful for military historians, military professionals, and policymakers who study and face analogous situations. Contributors are Alan Beyerchen, Robert H. Clemm, Edward Coss, Sebastian Cox, Daniel P. M. Curzon, Sarah K. Douglas, Robert S. Ehlers, Jr., Andrew de la Garza, John F. Guilmartin, Jr., Matthew Hurley, Peter Mansoor, Edward B. McCaul, Jr., Michael Pavelec, William Roberts, Robyn Rodriguez, Clifford J. Rogers, William Waddell, and Corbin Williamson.
Author: Martin Pegler
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-08-24
Total Pages: 81
ISBN-13: 1472815920
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt 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: Paddy Griffith
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1989-01-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780300042474
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnalyzes the events, weapons, and strategies of the Civil War and argues that the introduction of modern weaponry did not have significant effect on the outcome or the conduct of the war
Author: Earl J. Hess
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 451
ISBN-13: 0807829315
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Hess studies the use of fortifications by tracing the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia from April 1861 to April 1864. He considers the role of field fortifications in the defense of cities, river crossings, and railroads and in numerous battles. Blending technical aspects of construction with operational history, Hess demonstrates the crucial role these earthworks played in the success or failure of field armies." "Based on fieldwork at 300 battle sites and extensive research in official reports, letters, diaries, and archaeological studies, this book stands to become an indispensable reference for Civil War historians."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Jack Bell
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 550
ISBN-13: 1574411632
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe most up-to-date and definitive reference guide on Union and Confederate large caliber projectiles, torpedoes, and mines, profusely illustrated with more than 1,000 photographs of 360 specimens.
Author: Earl J. Coates
Publisher: Thomas Publications (PA)
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 100
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