Rocks And Rifles

Author : Scott Hippensteel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030008770
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rocks and Rifles written by Scott Hippensteel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the relationship between geology and fighting during the American Civil War. Terrain was largely determined by the underlying rocks and how the rocks weathered. This book explores the difference in rock type between multiple battlegrounds and how these rocks influenced the combat, tactics, and strategies employed by the soldiers and their commanding officers at different scales.

Author : Jim Carmichel
Publisher : Osprey Books
ISBN 13 : 9780943822556
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jim Carmichel's Book of the Rifle written by Jim Carmichel and published by Osprey Books. This book was released on 1985 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Lester Ballou
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780889352636
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rock in a Hard Place written by James Lester Ballou and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete authoritative study of the Browning automatic rifle (BAR) which remained one of the most popular and respected weapons in the U.S. arsenal for over four decades. It features chapters on all military models and experimental variations of the BAR produced as well as its trials and uses in foreign countries.

Author : Earl J. Hess
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807159387
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil War Infantry Tactics written by Earl J. Hess and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EARL 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.

Author : Chris Bagley
Publisher : Gettysburg Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1734627638
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Horse at Gettysburg written by Chris Bagley and published by Gettysburg Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horses are one of the many unsung heroes of the American Civil War. These majestic animals were impressed into service, trained, prepared for battle, and turned into expendable implements of war. There is more to this story, however. When an army’s means and survival is predicated upon an animal whose instincts are to flee rather than fight, a bond of mutual trust and respect between handler and horse must be forged. Ultimately, the Battle of Gettysburg resulted in thousands of horses killed and wounded. Their story deserves telling, from a time not so far removed.

Author : Philip Peterson
Publisher : Gun Digest Books
ISBN 13 : 9781440214516
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Standard Catalog of Military Firearms written by Philip Peterson and published by Gun Digest Books. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your One-Volume Guide to Collectible Military Firearms! It's Standard Catalog of Military Firearms, 6th Edition! If you collect military firearms, your best insurance policy is to know what you're collecting and how much it's worth. There's no better source of this knowledge than the updated, revised 6th edition of Phillip Peterson's Standard Catalog of Military Firearms. From handguns to rifles to shotguns and fully-automatic machineguns and submachineguns, Standard Catalog of Military Firearms provides a remarkable complete guide to the world's military firearms and their accessories. It's all here: Detailed descriptions and values for the world's military firearms, from Argentina to Yugoslavia Descriptions and values for related accessories including clips, magazines, bayonets and holsters All-new entries for antique, pre-cartridge era military firearms And much more! Protect yourself! Don't pay too much for military firearms—or sell for too little! Know what your collection is worth with Standard Catalog of Military Firearms, 6th edition!

Author : Scott Hippensteel
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820363545
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sand, Science, and the Civil War written by Scott Hippensteel and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influence of sedimentary geology on the strategy, combat, and tactics of the American Civil War is a subject that has been neglected by military historians. Sedimentary geology influenced everything from the nature of the landscape (flat vs. rolling terrain) to the effectiveness of the weapons (a single grain of sand can render a rifle musket as useless as a club). Sand, Science, and the Civil War investigates the role of sedimentary geology on the campaigns and battles of the Civil War on multiple scales, with a special emphasis on the fighting along the coastlines. At the start of the Civil War the massive brick citadels guarding key coastal harbors and shipyards were thought to be invincible to artillery attack. The Union bombardment of Savannah’s key defensive fortification, Fort Pulaski, demonstrated the vulnerability of this type of fortress to the new rifled artillery available to the Union; Fort Pulaski surrendered within a day. When the Union later tried to capture the temporary sand fortifications of Battery Wagner (protecting Charleston) and Fort Fisher (protecting Wilmington) they employed similar tactics but with disastrous results. The value of sand in defensive positions vastly minimized the Federal advantage in artillery, making these coastal strongpoints especially costly to capture. Through this geologically centered historic lens, Scott Hippensteel explores the way sediments and sedimentary rocks influenced the fighting in all theaters of war and how geologic resources were exploited by both sides during the five years of conflict.

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Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 0760339716
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guns of the Civil War written by and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2011-03-28 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 : Julian S. Hatcher
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811749177
Total Pages : 655 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hatcher's Notebook written by Julian S. Hatcher and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2008-01-02 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic reference by a renowned expert. Invaluable information for shooters, gunsmiths, collectors, ballisticians, and hunters. Includes new foreword.

Author : Dan Baum
Publisher : Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 0307595412
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gun Guys written by Dan Baum and published by Alfred a Knopf Incorporated. This book was released on 2013 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A funny, raucous, eye-opening, wholly non-partisan trip in search of Americans who love their guns"--