Round Ball to Rimfire: Federal pistols, revolvers & miscellaneous essays
Author: Dean S. Thomas
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781577470922
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Published: 1997
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ISBN-13: 9781577470922
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Clarence Raymond Geier
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2010-12-15
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 1603442073
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The recent work of anthropologists, historians, and historical archaeologists has changed the very essence of military history. While once preoccupied with great battles and the generals who commanded the armies and employed the tactics, military history has begun to emphasize the importance of the “common man” for interpreting events. As a result, military historians have begun to see military forces and the people serving in them from different perspectives. The Historical Archaeology of Military Sites has encouraged efforts to understand armies as human communities and to address the lives of those who composed them. Tying a group of combatants to the successes and failures of their military commanders leads to a failure to understand such groups as distinct social units and, in some instances, self-supporting societies: structured around a defined social and political hierarchy; regulated by law; needing to be supplied and nurtured; and often at odds with the human community whose lands they occupied, be they those of friend or foe. The Historical Archaeology of Military Sites will afford students, professionals dealing with military sites, and the interested public examples of the latest techniques and proven field methods to aid understanding and conservation of these vital pieces of the world’s heritage.
Author: Joseph G. Bilby
Publisher: Westholme Publishing
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 312
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Effect of Soldiers' Weapons on the Turning Point of the Civil War The three-day battle of Gettysburg has probably been the subject of more books and articles than any other comparable event. Surprisingly, until this work, no one has analyzed the firearms and other individual soldier's weapons used at Gettysburg in any great detail. The battle was a watershed, with military weapons technologies representing the past, present, and future--sabers, smoothbores, rifles, and breechloaders--in action alongside each other, providing a unique opportunity to compare performance and use, as well as determining how particular weapons and their deployment affected the outcome and course of the battle. Small Arms at Gettysburg: Infantry and Cavalry Weapons in America's Greatest Battle covers all of the individual soldier's weapons--muskets, rifle-muskets, carbines, repeaters, sharpshooter arms, revolvers, and swords--providing a detailed examination of their history and development, technology, capabilities, and use on the field at Gettysburg. Here we learn that the smoothbore musket, although beloved by some who carried it, sang its swan song, the rifle-musket began to come into its own, and the repeating rifle, although tactically mishandled, gave a glimpse of future promise. This is the story of the weapons and men who carried them into battle during three days in July 1863.
Author: Douglas D. Scott
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 258
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Dean S. Thomas
Publisher: Thomas Publications (PA)
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 352
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Dean S. Thomas
Publisher: Thomas Publications (PA)
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 536
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ian V. Hogg
Publisher: Diane Books Publishing Company
Published: 1997-08-01
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780788151125
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Hundreds of thousands of small arms are produced around the world every year & this book is a review of those currently available. Divided into 4 sections -- rifles, pistols, shotguns & machine guns -- it provides encyclopedic coverage of more than 150 firearms. Each entry describes the weapon, giving the major technical features & dimensions, & offers critical comment on its performance. Much of the energy of the small arms industry is directed towards developing new cartridges, rather than investing in costly gun-development programs. Hundreds of detailed illustrations, many in color. Impressive text!
Author: Dr. Christopher Gabel
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Published: 2015-11-06
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 1782899359
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Includes over 30 maps and Illustrations The Staff Ride Handbook for the Vicksburg Campaign, December 1862-July 1863, provides a systematic approach to the analysis of this key Civil War campaign. Part I describes the organization of the Union and Confederate Armies, detailing their weapons, tactics, and logistical, engineer, communications, and medical support. It also includes a description of the U.S. Navy elements that featured so prominently in the campaign. Part II consists of a campaign overview that establishes the context for the individual actions to be studied in the field. Part III consists of a suggested itinerary of sites to visit in order to obtain a concrete view of the campaign in its several phases. For each site, or “stand,” there is a set of travel directions, a discussion of the action that occurred there, and vignettes by participants in the campaign that further explain the action and which also allow the student to sense the human “face of battle.” Part IV provides practical information on conducting a Staff Ride in the Vicksburg area, including sources of assistance and logistical considerations. Appendix A outlines the order of battle for the significant actions in the campaign. Appendix B provides biographical sketches of key participants. Appendix C provides an overview of Medal of Honor conferral in the campaign. An annotated bibliography suggests sources for preliminary study.
Author: Craig E. Blohm
Publisher:
Published: 2001-06
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9781560068396
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book tells of General John J. Pershing; Germany's tactician, General Erich Ludendorff; General Philippe Petain; Marshal Ferdinand Foch; and President Woodrow Wilson.