The Confederate Enfield

Author : Steven W. Knott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615774930
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Confederate Enfield written by Steven W. Knott and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph examines the specific markings found on British Pattern 1853 rifle-muskets and short rifle derivatives purchased by the Confederacy. Viewer (inspector) cartouches, supplier logos, property marks, and inventory control numbers used by the War Department and the states of Georgia, North Carolina, Louisiana, and South Carolina are all covered. Specifics include: - Over 60 color photos of Confederate Enfields and related markings. - 32 color scans of significant purchase and shipping documents ? most published here for the first time. - Detailed information on the meaning and location of all known Confederate marks: JS-Anchor, Anchor-S, Circle-CH1, Oval-IC, Crown-SHC, Star-TC, furnishers? letters, inventory numbers, and GA, NC, & SC property marks. - New information on the state purchasing agents of GA, NC, LA, & SC. - Rare identified Enfield of a Confederate soldier killed in action at Gettysburg.

Author : Peter Smithurst
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849088705
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle written by Peter Smithurst and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle was the first rifled firearm issued to every soldier in the British Army, and gave the infantry a revolutionary increase in firepower. First issued in 1853, the Enfield proved itself worthy during both the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny, where its long range, durability, and interchangeable parts made it a perfect campaign rifle. However, it was during the American Civil War that the Enfield saw the greatest use, with over a million rifles being sold to the armies of both the North and South. This title takes an in-depth look at the design, the history, the mechanics, and the use of one of the most important firearms of the 19th century.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rifle, Confederate Enfield written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bruce Levine
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195147626
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confederate Emancipation written by Bruce Levine and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Levine sheds light on such hot-button topics as what the Confederacy was fighting for, whether black southerners were willing to fight in large numbers in defense of the South, and what this episode foretold about life and politics in the post-war South.

Author : Gordon L. Jones
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820346853
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confederate Odyssey written by Gordon L. Jones and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his life, Atlanta resident George W. Wray Jr. (1936–2004) built a collection of more than six hundred of the rarest Confederate artifacts including not just firearms and edged weapons but also flags, uniforms, and accoutrements. Today, Wray’s collection forms an integral part of the Atlanta History Center’s holdings of some eleven thousand Civil War artifacts. Confederate Odyssey tells the story of the Civil War through the Wray Collection. Analyzing the collection as material evidence, Gordon L. Jones demonstrates how a slave-based economy on the cusp of industrialization attempted to fight an industrial war. The broad range of the collection includes many rare or one-of-a-kind objects, such as a patent model and early inventions by gun maker George W. Morse, the bloodstained coat of a seventeen-year-old South Carolina soldier, battle flags made of cloth imported from England, and arms made in Georgia, the heart of the Confederacy’s burgeoning military-industrial complex. As Civil War history, Confederate Odyssey benefits from the study of material remains as it bridges the domains of professional scholars and amateur collectors such as Wray. The book tells of the stories, significance, and context of these artifacts to general readers and Civil War buffs alike. The Wray Collection is more than a gathering of relics; it is a tale of historical truths revealed in small details.

Author : Craig L. Barry
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764350764
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Suppliers to the Confederacy Volume II written by Craig L. Barry and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.

Author : Steven Knott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781577471844
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captured & Collected Confederate Reissued Firearms written by Steven Knott and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Brett Gibbons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The English Cartridge written by Brett Gibbons and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle-musket is one of the iconic weapons of the mid-19th century, used extensively in the American Civil War, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and other conflicts. While the history of the Enfield rifle is well known, it was the ammunition developed for this rifle that was truly revolutionary. Brett Gibbons traces the history of the muzzleloading cartridge used in the Enfield rifle from the early development of the Minié bullet in France, to the dramatic yet ultimately unsuccessful attempt by the Confederate States to adopt the Enfield cartridge for the Southern armies in the American Civil War. The role of the Enfield "greased cartridge" in the outbreak of the Indian Rebellion of 1857-1858 is carefully handled. Crossing several oceans and continents, from the sweltering heat of Central India in the summer of 1857 to the trenches of Petersburg in 1864, Brett Gibbons ties together the fascinating history of Enfield rifle-musket ammunition. Each development of the Enfield cartridge from 1853 to 1864 is covered, with over 60 helpful illustrations.

Author : Martin Pegler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472815920
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War written by Martin Pegler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the outset of the American Civil War, the Union Army's sharpshooters were initially equipped with the M1855 Colt revolving rifle, but it was prone to malfunction. Instead, the North's sharpshooters preferred the Sharps rifle, an innovative breech-loading weapon capable of firing up to ten shots per minute – more than three times the rate of fire offered by the standard-issue Springfield .58-caliber rifled musket. Other Union sharpshooters were equipped with the standard-issue Springfield rifled musket or the .56-56-caliber Spencer Repeating Rifle. Conversely, the Confederacy favoured the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled musket for its sharpshooters and also imported from Britain the Whitworth Rifle, a .45-caliber, single-shot, muzzle-loading weapon distinguished by its use of a twisted hexagonal barrel. Featuring specially commissioned artwork, this is the engrossing story of the innovative rifles that saw combat in the hands of sharpshooters on both sides during the Civil War.

Author : Russ A. Pritchard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781577471813
Total Pages : 615 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The English Connection written by Russ A. Pritchard and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extensive reference book on the arms, material, and support furnished to the Confederate States of America by Great Britian.