Author: Jack Bell Publisher: University of North Texas Press ISBN: 1574411632 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 550
Book Description
The most up-to-date and definitive reference guide on Union and Confederate large caliber projectiles, torpedoes, and mines, profusely illustrated with more than 1,000 photographs of 360 specimens.
Author: John D. Bartleson Publisher: ISBN: Category : United States Languages : en Pages : 220
Book Description
"The intent of this manual is provide the EOD technician with an identification guide for field use. Further, it will serve as a basic reference test for Civil War ordnance data, standard terminology, projectile design, and fuze operation. It is the only known publication of its kind that displays radiographs showing interior construction of projectiles for the effective removal of the main filler"--Foreword.
Author: John Biemeck Publisher: ISBN: 9780989116534 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Historical Notes on the deactivation of Black Powder Projectiles.Part One is a User's Manual providing specific inspection methods and technique, so collectors or dealers can inspect Black Powder Projectiles (era 1759-1865) to determine if the explosive filler has been removed. Chapter 14 is an introduction to black powder deactivation and provides a brief history of antique ordnance disposal and a record of known or rumored accidents since the Civil War. Chapter 15 is how the author examined projectiles to determine if they contained explosive charges and worksheets to record the information discovered. Part Two, is a READ ONLY SECTION and is not a User's Manual. This section is only a record, for historical purpose, of the methods used, by the author, to inert antique explosive projectiles. THIS IS A READ ONLY SECTION!!!
Author: Philip Katcher Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1782000941 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 50
Book Description
Because of the length of the coastline of the United States, from the beginning American ordnance and engineers placed an emphasis on heavy artillery mounted in coastal defences. The Union army organised its 'Heavy Artillery' into separate regiments, uniformed and equipped differently. While the Field Artillery was assigned across the fighting fronts Heavy Artillery units served the big guns in the forts and the defences of Washington. The Confederates did not differentiate types of artillery and those that became known as Heavy Artillery did so through informal association rather than formal designation. This book details the development and usage of the big guns. New Vanguard 38 and 40 are also available in a single volume special edition as 'American Civil War Artillery 1861-65'.
Author: Earl J. Hess Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1538174294 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 273
Book Description
"A unique recounting of the Confederate use of landmines during the American Civil War. Hess uses multiple archival sources to tell a compelling narrative that stresses not only the tactical and technological challenges but also considers the moral stigma attached to this new weapon of war"--
Author: John Biemeck Publisher: ISBN: 9780989116510 Category : Languages : en Pages : 479
Book Description
Volume III (479 pages) is a comprehensive listing of all known Confederate rifled projectiles and their components. Chapter 10 includes a history of each named pattern, its inventor or origin, reasons for success or failure, pictures, drawings, sabot design, casing configuration, specifications, bursting charges, payloads, variants; and miscellaneous observations and historical observations. It includes all known Confederate shell, segmented shell, case shot, solid shot/bolt, incendiary, rifled canister (Confederate and Union) specimens identified to date, to include many pattern variants. This includes projectiles imported from Britain and used by the Confederacy. It has been expanded to show many patterns of British projectiles that were not used in the Civil War, but have been subsequently imported, so as to assist collectors in making a positive identification. There is a section titled "Miscellaneous and Unidentified Confederate Rifled Projectiles" which includes pictures, drawings and data on rare projectiles that are thought to be of the Civil War era or known to be of foreign origin, but are often confused with Union, Confederate, British or American patterns. Volume III addresses about 750 individual projectiles and several hundred variants of those patterns,including sub-patterns. It provides cross references (by page number) on every specimen, to projectile books published from 1861 to 2003 that contain a similar specimen, picture, data or text, making additional research easier.
Author: Lisa . Tendrich Frank Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1440829799 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 794
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Covering everything from the arts to food and drink, religion, social customs, and technology, this two-volume set provides an in-depth, accessible look at the social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of the American Civil War. The American Civil War caused dramatic changes in every aspect of life and society, affecting combatants and noncombatants at all levels of the socioeconomic scale. The World of the Civil War: A Daily Life Encyclopedia offers an accessible and reliable reference for the major topics that defined American life during the nation's most tumultuous era. Taking a blended approach to history, this book covers the military and political history of the era and examines the social and human experiences of the war, thereby offering a comprehensive look at the Civil War era's most significant events, people, places, and experiences. The thematic organization of this encyclopedia helps readers to more readily explore related topics. The subject matter explored in some 250 entries includes religious beliefs and practices; rites of passage; soldiers' lives and experiences; rural and urban life; social structure of the Civil War era—aristocrats, landowners, and slaves; men's and women's roles and responsibilities; holidays, festivals, and other celebrations; tools, machinery, and inventions; and justice and punishment. Readers will come away with an understanding of many aspects of daily life during the Civil War era and gain appreciation for the vast differences between life today and 150 years ago.
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