Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download Guns of the Civil War PDF full book. Access full book title Guns of the Civil War by . Download full books in PDF and EPUB format.
Author: Publisher: Zenith Press ISBN: 0760339716 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 354
Book Description
"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: Publisher: Zenith Press ISBN: 0760339716 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 354
Book Description
"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 Mccarter Publisher: Da Capo Press ISBN: 0786747021 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 294
Book Description
The first full-length memoir published by an enlisted man in the Irish Brigade, from the Seven Day's Battles to the charge up Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg-a no-holds-barred firsthand account.
Author: Time-Life Books Publisher: Time Life Medical ISBN: 9780737031584 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 324
Book Description
Powerful images and vivid narrative are combined in a unique catalog of Civil War artifacts, tactical maps and other battle accouterments.
Author: Time-Life Books Publisher: Time Life Medical ISBN: 9780737031591 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 316
Book Description
Powerful images and vivid narrative are combined in a unique catalog of Civil War artifacts, tactical maps and other battle accouterments.
Author: John Walter Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472842243 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 81
Book Description
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: Alexander Rose Publisher: Delta ISBN: 0553384384 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 530
Book Description
George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized. In this first-of-its-kind book, historian Alexander Rose delivers a colorful, engrossing biography of an American icon: the rifle. Drawing on the words of foot soldiers, inventors, and presidents, based on extensive new research, and spanning from the Revolution to the present day, American Rifle is a balanced, wonderfully entertaining history of the rifle and its place in American culture.
Author: Steven E. Woodworth Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0375726608 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 796
Book Description
Composed almost entirely of Midwesterners and molded into a lean, skilled fighting machine by Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, the Army of the Tennessee marched directly into the heart of the Confederacy and won major victories at Shiloh and at the rebel strongholds of Vicksburg and Atlanta.Acclaimed historian Steven Woodworth has produced the first full consideration of this remarkable unit that has received less prestige than the famed Army of the Potomac but was responsible for the decisive victories that turned the tide of war toward the Union. The Army of the Tennessee also shaped the fortunes and futures of both Grant and Sherman, liberating them from civilian life and catapulting them onto the national stage as their triumphs grew. A thrilling account of how a cohesive fighting force is forged by the heat of battle and how a confidence born of repeated success could lead soldiers to expect “nothing but victory.”
Author: Philip Katcher Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 178200095X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 117
Book Description
Because of the length of the coastline of the United States, from the beginning American ordnance and engineers placed an emphasis on heavy artillery mounted in coastal defences. The Union army organised its 'Heavy Artillery' into separate regiments, uniformed and equipped differently. While the Field Artillery was assigned across the fighting fronts Heavy Artillery units served the big guns in the forts and the defences of Washington. The Confederates did not differentiate types of artillery and those that became known as Heavy Artillery did so through informal association rather than formal designation. This book details the development and usage of the big guns. New Vanguard 38 and 40 are also available in a single volume special edition as 'American Civil War Artillery 1861-65'.
Author: 
Author: 
Author: Berkeley R. Lewis
Author: William Mccarter
Author: Time-Life Books
Author: Time-Life Books
Author: John Walter
Author: Alexander Rose
Author: Steven E. Woodworth
Author: Louise A. Arnold-Friend
Author: Philip Katcher