Illustrated Catalog of Civil War Military Goods. Union Weapons, Insignia, Uniform Accessories and Other Equipment
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Release : 1985
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Release : 1985
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Author : Schuyler, Hartley & Graham
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,84 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
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Rare, profusely illustrated 1864 catalog includes Union Army uniform and dress regulations, arms and ammunition, coats, insignia, flags, swords, rifles, etc. 226 illus.
Author : David Miller
Publisher : Salamander Books
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 30,88 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
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This wide-ranging display of artifacts from the Civil War will be an essential reference for collectors of military paraphernalia, wargamers, and anyone interested in military history. Weapons and uniforms of both the North and South have been photographed in vivid color for this book. Experts at West Point Military Academy and other military history establishments approved the carefully researched and specially commissioned artwork of uniformed figures that appear in this directory. Find superb photos of rifles, muskets, and handguns, ammunition, swords, bayonets, artillery pieces and shells, as well as badges of rank, medals, belt buckles and uniforms.
Author : Graham Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 45,86 MB
Release : 2022-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1510756728
Learn about the evolution of weapons by studying the design of the Civil War weapons cataloged in this attractive, full-color reference book. More than three million Americans fought in the Civil War and over six hundred thousand men, or two percent of the population, died in this dreadful conflict. Its impact is still felt today, for the war shaped our nation, and our national character. Studying the weapons used by both the Union army and Confederate forces tells an intriguing story of its own. The well-equipped Union army had access to the best of the industrial North's manufacturing output. By contrast, the South had to get by with imported arms and locally made copies of patented weapons. But the pressure of war quickly led to improvements in both sides' firearms. A War that began with single-shot horse pistols ended with multi-shot revolvers. Poignant archive photography is used throughout the book, showing the weapons in contemporary action, and placing them in their Civil War context. Evocative paintings by renowned Civil War artist Don Troiani bring the battlefield action to life.
Author : Geoffrey C. Ward
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 43,71 MB
Release : 1994-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0679755438
Based on the celebrated PBS television series about the men and women who lived through the cataclysmic trial of our nationhood—the complete text of the magisterial illustrated work of history that The New York Times hailed as "a treasure for the eye and mind." "The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things.... It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads: the suffering, the enormous tragedy of the whole thing." —Shelby Foote, from The Civil War Now Geoffrey Ward's magisterial work of history is available in a text-only edition that interweaves the author's narrative with the voices of the men and women who lived through the cataclysmic trial of our nationhood: not just Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Robert E. Lee, but genteel Southern ladies and escaped slaves, cavalry officers and common foot soldiers who fought in Yankee blue and Rebel gray. The Civil War also includes essays by our most distinguished historians of the era: Don E. Fehrenbacher, on the war's origins; Barbara J. Fields, on the freeing of the slaves; Shelby Foote, on the war's soldiers and commanders; James M. McPherson, on the political dimensions of the struggle; and C. Vann Woodward, assessing the America that emerged from the war's ashes.
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Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 29,23 MB
Release : 2011-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0760339716
"Featuring guns photographed by Dennis Adler from the Mike Clark/Collector's Firearms Collection; the Dr. Joseph A. Murphy Collection; and the Dennis LeVett Collection, with additional photography provided by the Rock Island Auction Company Archives."
Author : Philip J. Haythornthwaite
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File Size : 14,72 MB
Release : 1983
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Author : Rod Gragg
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 41,17 MB
Release : 2013-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1621570436
Examines the Battle of Gettysburg through letters, journals, articles, and speeches from the people who lived through those days.
Author : Smithsonian Institution
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 33,89 MB
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1588343901
Smithsonian Civil War is a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book featuring 150 entries in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. From among tens of thousands of Civil War objects in the Smithsonian's collections, curators handpicked 550 items and wrote a unique narrative that begins before the war through the Reconstruction period. The perfect gift book for fathers and history lovers, Smithsonian Civil War combines one-of-a-kind, famous, and previously unseen relics from the war in a truly unique narrative. Smithsonian Civil War takes the reader inside the great collection of Americana housed at twelve national museums and archives and brings historical gems to light. From the National Portrait Gallery come rare early photographs of Stonewall Jackson and Ulysses S. Grant; from the National Museum of American History, secret messages that remained hidden inside Lincoln's gold watch for nearly 150 years; from the National Air and Space Museum, futuristic Civil War-era aircraft designs. Thousands of items were evaluated before those of greatest value and significance were selected for inclusion here. Artfully arranged in 150 entries, they offer a unique, panoramic view of the Civil War.
Author : Civil War Society
Publisher : Gramercy
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 24,27 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
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A fully illustrated, accessible encyclopedic collection in an A-to-Z format of essays on every significant Civil War battle, with authoritative text prepared by the Civil War Society. Includes maps and archival illustrations and photographs.