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The Civil War military machine : weapons and tactics of the Union and Confederate armed forces
- Title
- The Civil War military machine : weapons and tactics of the Union and Confederate armed forces / Ian Drury & Tony Gibbons.
- Author
- Drury, Ian.
- Publication
- New York : Smithmark, ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Gibbons, Tony.
- Description
- 192 pages : color illustrations; 32 cm
- Summary
- Illustrations and an examination of arms and equipment used during the Civial War.
- Subject
- United States. Army > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States. Army > Drill and tactics > History > 19th century
- United States. Army > Weapons systems > History > 19th century
- Confederate States of America. Army > Weapons systems
- Confederate States of America. Army > Drill and tactics
- Confederate States of America. Army
- United States. Army
- 1800-1899
- Armed Forces > Drill and tactics
- Armed Forces > Weapons systems
- Military campaigns
- Militär
- Ausrüstung
- Sezessionskrieg 1861-1865
- Militärtechnik
- United States > History > Campaigns. > Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States
- USA
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Introduction (p.6) -- The South in the Civil War (p.8) -- The savage wars of peace (p.16) -- Land battle in the Civil War (p.20) -- Pistols (p.44) -- Muskets and rifles (p.50) -- Carbines (p.58) -- Machine guns (p.64) -- Field artillery (p.66) -- Railroads (p.82) -- The war in the air : Union and Confederate balloons (p.84) -- River crossing (p.86) -- Wagon trains (p.88) -- Fort Sumter (p.90) -- The defenses of Charleston (p.92) -- The siege of Petersburg (p.96) -- Fort Fisher (p.98) -- Fort Henry (p.100) -- Three men and a fort : the surrender of Fort Donelson (p.102) -- The defenses of Nashville (p.104) -- The defenses of Mobile (p.106).
- Cont.): Running the forts at New Orleans (p.108) -- The bombardment of Fort Pulaski (p.110) -- The defenses of Washington (p.112) -- Siege artillery (p.114) -- Seacoast and naval ordnance (p.128) -- The US Navy at the outbreak of war (p.138) -- Naval warfare during the Civil War (p.140) -- Warships of the US and Confederate Navies (p.156) -- Mine warfare (p.186) -- Index (p.190).
- ISBN
- 0831713259
- 9780831713256
- LCCN
- 92037948
- OCLC
- ocm26852178
- 26852178
- SCSB-2030603
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library