Civil War Guns
Civil War Guns

Author: William Bennett Edwards

Publisher:

Published: 1962

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13:

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The complete story of Federal and Confederate small arms : design, manufacture, identification, procurement, issue, employment, effectiveness, and postwar disposal.

Civil War Weapons
Civil War Weapons

Author: Carroll B. Colby

Publisher: Cliffs Notes

Published: 1962

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13:

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Text and photographs combine to give a detailed description of Civil War weapons.

Small Arms
Small Arms

Author: Martin J. Dougherty

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781782742067

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From classic US Civil War-period rifles such as the Springfield M1855 to the latest in personal defence weapons and hand-held rocket launchers, Small Arms covers all of the most significant and successful small arms produced during the past 150 years. Each category of small arms - handguns, rifles, submachine guns, automatic support weapons, grenades, and launchers - is explored in turn and all the most famous examples of each type of weapon are featured, such as the M16, Colt .44 Magnum, and Maxim machine gun. Informative and accessible text places each weapon within military, political, and technological context and includes a complete design and development history. Full-color photographs and artworks of the weapons accompany the text, and specification tables provide key technical data. Stunning photographs and paintings show the weapons in action in conflicts ranging from the Crimean War to the recent war in Iraq. Special double-page features also provide a more detailed comparison of key weapons within specific categories including combat magnums, precision rifles and submachine guns for VIP protection. With over 200 weapons, Small Arms is an authoritative and accessible reference work.

Civil War Weapons
Civil War Weapons

Author: Graham Smith

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-06-14

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 1510756728

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Learn about the evolution of weapons by studying the design of the Civil War weapons cataloged in this attractive, full-color reference book. More than three million Americans fought in the Civil War and over six hundred thousand men, or two percent of the population, died in this dreadful conflict. Its impact is still felt today, for the war shaped our nation, and our national character. Studying the weapons used by both the Union army and Confederate forces tells an intriguing story of its own. The well-equipped Union army had access to the best of the industrial North's manufacturing output. By contrast, the South had to get by with imported arms and locally made copies of patented weapons. But the pressure of war quickly led to improvements in both sides' firearms. A War that began with single-shot horse pistols ended with multi-shot revolvers. Poignant archive photography is used throughout the book, showing the weapons in contemporary action, and placing them in their Civil War context. Evocative paintings by renowned Civil War artist Don Troiani bring the battlefield action to life.

Misfire
Misfire

Author: William H. Hallahan

Publisher: Scribner Book Company

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13:

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Hallahan examines nearly two centuries of failure by the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps in the arming of our infantry, from colonial times, through the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the two World Wars, and Vietnam.