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.
Arms and Equipment of the Confederacy
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.
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.
Arms and Equipment of the Union
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.
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.
Echoes of Glory
Author: Time-Life Books
Publisher: Time Life Education
ISBN: 9780737031546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher: Time Life Education
ISBN: 9780737031546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The Guns of the South
Author: Harry Turtledove
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0307792358
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
"It is absolutely unique--without question the most fascinating Civil War novel I have ever read." Professor James M. McPherson Pultizer Prize-winning BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM January 1864--General Robert E. Lee faces defeat. The Army of Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equpped. Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower. Then, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle: Its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking--and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantitites to the Confederates. The name of the weapon is the AK-47.... Selected by the Science Fiction Book Club A Main Selection of the Military Book Club
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0307792358
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
"It is absolutely unique--without question the most fascinating Civil War novel I have ever read." Professor James M. McPherson Pultizer Prize-winning BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM January 1864--General Robert E. Lee faces defeat. The Army of Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equpped. Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower. Then, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle: Its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking--and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantitites to the Confederates. The name of the weapon is the AK-47.... Selected by the Science Fiction Book Club A Main Selection of the Military Book Club
Suppliers to the Confederacy Volume II
Author: Craig L. Barry
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
ISBN: 9780764350764
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"In this book, [the authors] provide a fresh look at the incredible impact the English had on supplying the Confederacy and its effect on the U.S. Civil War ... Each piece of equipment [especially Enfield rifles and all their implements] is examined in great detail ... The book also looks at how this equipment was purchased, from where and by whom, and how it was shipped over to the Confederate States"--Jacket.
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
ISBN: 9780764350764
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"In this book, [the authors] provide a fresh look at the incredible impact the English had on supplying the Confederacy and its effect on the U.S. Civil War ... Each piece of equipment [especially Enfield rifles and all their implements] is examined in great detail ... The book also looks at how this equipment was purchased, from where and by whom, and how it was shipped over to the Confederate States"--Jacket.
Entrepôt
Author: C. L. Webster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
This book examines the history of civil war blockade running, revealing the arms, equipment, and clothing brought into the Confederacy during the American Civil War. From Savannah, Charleston, and Wilmington to Matamoros, Galveston, and Mobile, this reference lists all distribution—the Belgian-made woolen cloth and English rifles that arrived in the farthest reaches of the Trans-Mississippi and the receipt of thousands of British knapsacks, blankets, and cartridge boxes in the winter camps of the struggling Army of Tennessee. It shows the pervasiveness of imported war material as well as the effectiveness and sophistication of the Confederate supply system.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
This book examines the history of civil war blockade running, revealing the arms, equipment, and clothing brought into the Confederacy during the American Civil War. From Savannah, Charleston, and Wilmington to Matamoros, Galveston, and Mobile, this reference lists all distribution—the Belgian-made woolen cloth and English rifles that arrived in the farthest reaches of the Trans-Mississippi and the receipt of thousands of British knapsacks, blankets, and cartridge boxes in the winter camps of the struggling Army of Tennessee. It shows the pervasiveness of imported war material as well as the effectiveness and sophistication of the Confederate supply system.
The Little Regiment
Captured & Collected Confederate Reissued Firearms
Author: Steven Knott
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781577471844
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Examines the Confederate system used to recover, clean and repair, and reissue over 200,000 small arms. Confederate Ordnance Bureau markings are described in detail.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781577471844
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Examines the Confederate system used to recover, clean and repair, and reissue over 200,000 small arms. Confederate Ordnance Bureau markings are described in detail.
Arms and Equipment of the Civil War
Author: Jack Coggins
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486131270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
From iron-clads, submarine torpedoes, and military balloons to pontoon bridges, grenades, and siege artillery, this excellent work describes what material was available to the armies and navies of both sides. Over 500 black-and-white illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486131270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
From iron-clads, submarine torpedoes, and military balloons to pontoon bridges, grenades, and siege artillery, this excellent work describes what material was available to the armies and navies of both sides. Over 500 black-and-white illustrations.
Weapons of War
Author: Gail B. Stewart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Discusses the weapons used in the Civil War, technological innovations that were made, and the problems and increased casualties that resulted.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Discusses the weapons used in the Civil War, technological innovations that were made, and the problems and increased casualties that resulted.