Author: George Washington RainsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gunpowder industry
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
History of the Confederate Powder Works
Author: George Washington RainsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gunpowder industry
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
History of the Confederate Powder Works (Classic Reprint)
Author: Geo; W. RainsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781332179916
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Excerpt from History of the Confederate Powder Works Fellow Confederate Survivors: In accepting your invitation to address you on the general history of the Confederate Powder Works, I do so with some hesitation, on account of my close personal connection with a subject which absorbed my thought, time and energies. In the history of a war we find, generally, but little reference to the manufactories engaged in the preparation of material; they had been previously established, and were in active operation before its commencement, their products being immediately available for active operations. An instance can scarcely be found in modern warfare where previous preparations had not been made, and where the necessary manufacturing work's did not already exist. The late war was entered upon unexpectedly. Throughout the Southern country it was supposed that the North would not seriously oppose a secession of the States from the Federal compact, hence no previous provision had been made for such contingency, and no material of war gathered. Manufactories existed on a very limited scale, and none for war purposes, hence their speedy erection was of extreme importance, and had to be accomplished under the most unfavorable conditions. The entire supply of gunpowder in the Confederacy at the beginning of the conflict, was scarcely sufficient for one month of active operations, and not a pound was being made througout its limits. To enter upon a great war without a supply of this essential material, and without effective means of procuring it from abroad, or of manufacturing it at home, was appalling. No one was so well aware of this condition of things as the President of the Confederate States, who, being an educated soldier, was fully alive to the requirements of war, and at once took active measures for the creation of war material. Among these, was the erection of a great gunpowder manufactory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
History of the Confederate Powder Works
Author: George Washington RainsPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
The Confederate Powderworks was a prominent gunpowder factory during the American Civil War. The book is based upon the memories of Colonel Raines and his address to the fourth meeting of the Confederate Survivors Association in 1882. The book tells how Raines built what became the second-largest powder manufactory in the world from scratch. He introduced many innovations to produce powder more quickly and of better quality. At that time, the works at Augusta, Georgia, produced what may have been the finest powder made by either side during the war.
History of the Confederate Powder Works (Esprios Classics)
Author: George Washington RainsPublisher: Blurb
ISBN: 9781034501121
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
George Washington Rains (1817 - March 21, 1898) was a United States Army and later Confederate States Army officer. A skilled engineer and inventor; he was instrumental in providing the Confederacy with much-needed gunpowder throughout the American Civil War. He also was the younger brother of fellow Confederate general Gabriel J. Rains. When the American Civil War began Rains joined the Confederate army. George Rains became a major in the Ordnance Department and was tasked to procure, and prospect for, gunpowder ingredients and to initiate the production. His work did much for the establishment of Gen. Isaac M. St. John's Bureau of Nitre and Mining, to which he transferred, in 1862. Being promoted to lieutenant colonel, he went to Augusta, Georgia and established the Confederate Powder works at the Augusta Arsenal.
Confederate Political Economy
Author: Michael Brem BonnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
History of the Confederate Powder Works
Author: George Washington RainsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Resisting Sherman
Author: Thomas Heard Robertson, Jr.Publisher: Savas Beatie
ISBN: 1611212618
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Despite its fascinating cast of characters, host of combats large and small, and its impact on the course of the Civil War, surprisingly little ink has been spilled on the conflictÕs final months in the Carolinas. Resisting Sherman: A Confederate SurgeonÕs Journal and the Civil War in the Carolinas, 1865, by Francis Marion Robertson (edited by Thomas H. Robertson, Jr.) fills in many of the gaps and adds tremendously to our knowledge of this region and those troubled final days of the Confederacy. Surgeon Francis Robertson fled Charleston with the Confederate garrison in 1865 in an effort to stay ahead of General ShermanÕs Federal army as it marched north from Savannah. The Southern high command was attempting to reinforce General Joseph E. JohnstonÕs force in North Carolina for a last-ditch effort to defeat Sherman and perhaps join with General Lee in Virginia, or at least gain better terms for surrender. Dr. Robertson, a West Pointer, physician, professor, politician, patrician, and Presbyterian with five sons in the Confederate army, kept a daily journal for the final three months of the Civil War while traveling more than 900 miles through four states. His account looks critically at the decisions of generals from a middle ranking officerÕs viewpoint, describes army movements from a ground level perspective, and places the military campaign within the everyday events of average citizens suffering under the boot of war. Editor and descendant Thomas Robertson followed in his ancestorÕs footsteps, conducting exhaustive research to identify the people, route, and places mentioned in the journal. Sidebars on a wide variety of related issues include coverage of politics and the Battle of Averasboro, where one of the surgeonÕs sons was shot. An extensive introduction covers the military situation in and around Charleston that led to the evacuation described so vividly by Surgeon Robertson, and an epilogue summarizes what happened to the diary characters after the war.
Mourt's Relation
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 0918222842
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Presents an account, first published in 1622, of the Pilgrim's journey to the new world.
Subject Guide to Books in Print
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3126
Book Description
Confederate Invention
Author: H. Jackson KnightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The formation of the Confederate States of America involved more than an attempt to create a new, sovereign nation -- it inspired a flurry of creativity and entrepreneurialism in the South that fiercely matched Union ingenuity. H. Jackson Knight's Confederate Invention brings to light the forgotten history of the Confederacy's industrious inventors and its active patent office. Despite the destruction wrought by the Civil War, evidence of Confederate inventions exists in the registry of the Confederate States Patent Office. Hundreds of southerners submitted applications to the agency to secure patents on their intellectual property, which ranged from a "machine for operating submarine batteries," to a "steam plough," to a "combined knapsack and tent," to an "instrument for sighting cannon." The Confederacy's most successful inventors included entrepreneurs, educators, and military men who sought to develop new weapons, weapon improvements, or other inventions that could benefit the Confederate cause as well as their own lives. Each creation belied the conception of a technologically backward South, incapable of matching the creativity and output of northern counterparts. Knight's work provides a groundbreaking study that includes neglected and largely forgotten patents as well as an array of other primary sources. Details on the patent office's origins, inner workings, and demise, and accounts of southern inventors who obtained patents before, during, and after the war reveal a captivating history recovered from obscurity. A novel creation in its own right, Confederate Invention presents the remarkable story behind the South's long-forgotten Civil War inventors and offers a comprehensive account of Confederate patents.