Collection of 35 Confederate State Pamphlets
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Release : 1861
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Release : 1861
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Author : Charles Frederick Heartman
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Page : 76 pages
File Size : 44,32 MB
Release : 1940
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
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Author : John W. Haseltine
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 14,23 MB
Release : 2024-01-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 338530945X
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Author : Confederate States of America
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Page : pages
File Size : 40,77 MB
Release : 1861
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Author : C. L. Bragg
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 24,72 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781570036576
Lavishly illustrated with seventy-four color plates and fifty black-and-white photographs and drawings, Never for Want of Powder tells the story of a world-class munitions factory constructed by the Confederacy in 1861, the only large-scale permanent building project undertaken by a government often characterized as lacking modern industrial values. In this comprehensive examination of the powder works, five scholars--a historian, physicist, curator, architectural historian, and biographer--bring their combined expertise to the task of chronicling gunpowder production during the Civil War. In doing so, they make a major contribution to understanding the history of wartime technology and Confederate ingenuity. Early in the war President Jefferson Davis realized the Confederacy's need to supply its own gunpowder. Accordingly Davis selected Col. George Washington Rains to build a gunpowder factory. An engineer and West Point graduate, Rains relied primarily on a written pamphlet rather than on practical experience in building the powder mill, yet he succeeded in designing a model of efficiency and safety. He sited the facilities at Augusta, Georgia, because of the city's central location, canal transportation, access to water power, railroad facilities, and relative security from attack. As much a story of people as of machinery, Never for Want of Powder recounts the ingenuity of the individuals involved with the project. A cadre of talented subordinates--including Frederick Wright, C. Shaler Smith, William Pendleton, and Isadore P. Girardey--assisted Rains to a degree not previously appreciated by historians. This volume also documents the coordinated outflow of gunpowder and ammunition, and Rains's difficulty in preparing for the defense of Augusta. Today a lone chimney along the Savannah River stands as the only reminder of the munitions facility that once occupied that site. With its detailed reproductions of architectural and mechanical schematics and its expansive vista on the Confederacy, Never for Want of Powder restores the Augusta Powder Works to its rightful place in American lore.
Author : United States. National Archives and Records Service
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Page : 326 pages
File Size : 25,32 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Archives
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Author : William Galbraith
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 28,43 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Memphis (Tenn.)
ISBN : 9781617035692
Author : National Archives (U.S.)
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Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,53 MB
Release : 1941
Category : Archives
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Author : Jon L. Wakelyn
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 43,99 MB
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0807866148
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 initiated a heated debate throughout the South about what Republican control of the federal government would mean for the slaveholding states. During the secession crisis of the winter of 1860-61, Southerners spoke out and wrote prolifically on the subject, publishing their views in pamphlets that circulated widely. These tracts constituted a regional propaganda war in which Southerners vigorously debated how best to react to political developments on the national level. In this valuable reference work, Jon Wakelyn has collected twenty representative examples of this long-overlooked literature. Although the pamphlets reflect deep differences of opinion over what Lincoln's intentions were and how the South should respond, all indicate the centrality of slavery to the Southern way of life and reflect a pervasive fear of racial unrest. More generally, the pamphlets reveal a wealth of information about the South's political thought and self-identity at a defining moment in American history. The twenty items included here represent the views of leaders and opinion makers throughout the slaveholding states and are fully annotated. An additional sixty-five pamphlets are listed and briefly described in an appendix. Originally published in 1996. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Author : United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Page : 1756 pages
File Size : 16,71 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Government publications
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