Guns of the Civil War
By: Dennis Adler
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: MBI Pub. Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780760339718
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A nation on the verge of conflict : arming the North and South; title: The guns at hand : supply and demand vs. the needs of a nation at war; title: Handguns of the union : the mighty grasp of the Colt's and S&W patents; title: Handguns of the Confederacy : from church bells and anvils, the arming of a rebellion; title: Longarms of the U.S. military : the politics of arms and armsmakers; title: Longarms of the Confederacy : making due with muskets and old rifles; title: A litany of foreign arms : guns imported from Europe and their role in the war.