Civil War guns. The complete story of Federal and Confederate small arms: design, manifacture, identification, procurement, issue, employment, effectiveness, and postwar disposal

In-8° (cm 27,8x21,2), pp. (18), 444, legatura editoriale in tela, senza sovraccoperta, con titoli al piatto anteriore e al dorso. Con numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo. In ottimo stato. Indice / Contents: Chapter 1. Old Brown Pulls a Raid; Chapter 2. The Militiamen; Chapter 3. Ordnance-Industry: Mismatched Team; Chapter 4. The Rifle, the Primer, the Ball; Chapter 5. Models Perfected; Chapter 6. Rifle Muskets: Civil War Scandals; Chapter 7. In Justice to Justice; Chapter 8. Millions for Muskets; Chapter 9. Caleb Huse Incurs Some Debts; Chapter 10. Breechloaders of Chicopee; Chapter 11. Federal Carbines; Chapter 12. Fremont Arms The Western Army; Chapter 13. The Dreaded "Horizontal Shot-Tower"; Chapter 14. That Damn Yankee Rifle; Chapter 15. Remington: Prelude to Conflict; Chapter 16. Vulcan's Hammers at Ilion's Forge; Chapter 17. The Starr Rises; Chapter 18. Manhattan Firearms Goes to War; Chapter 19. Sharpshooters; Chapter 20. Machine Guns - Masterworks or Monstrosities?; Chapter 21. Enfield: The North's Second Rifle; Chapter 22. Continental Arms; Chapter 23. Yankee Revolvers; Chapter 24. The Rifles of Christian Sharps; Chapter 25. Colt's Goes to War; Chapter 26. From Tredegar to Wilson's Creek; Chapter 27. Long Arms for Lee; Chapter 28. Sidearms for Southrons; Chapter 29. "Sans Guarantie du Gouvernment"; Chapter 30. Texas Fights Alone; Chapter 31. The Southern Armories and Superintendent Burton; Chapter 32. The Southern Pistol - the Derringer; Chapter 33. What Appened to the Guns, Post War; Chapter 34. What's on Bannerman's Island?; Chapter 35. The Rage for Replicas; Chapter 36. The War Was for Real. Appendix: Bibliography; Index.