| Edition |
[First edition]. |
| Description |
160 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography. |
| Contents |
Author's preface -- The army -- The infantry. Infantry weapons ; Cartridges ; The Sharps ; The Spencer ; The Henry ; The Colt ; The sniper rifle ; Pistols and revolvers ; Machine guns -- The artillery. Field artillery ; Ammunition for smoothbore artillery ; Mountain artillery ; Rifled artillery ; Fuses ; Breechloaders ; Siege and garrison artillery ; Mortars ; Freak guns -- The engineers. Ports and fortifications ; Pontoon bridges -- The signal corps. Military telegraph ; Military balloons -- Railroads -- The medical departments -- The quartermaster corps. Subsistence departments ; The sutlers -- The navies. Naval ordinance ; Mines, torpedoes, and torpedo boats ; The blockade. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies.
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Military supplies.
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