Weapons of Mississippi
By: Kevin Dougherty.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781604734515; 9781604734522
Subjects: Weapons -- Mississippi -- History; Mississippi -- History; Mississippi -- History, Military
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Atlatls, bows and arrows, and striking weapons : weapons of the Mississippi Indians; title: Guns, steel, and forts : weapons of the Europeans in Mississippi; title: Militias, outlaws, and Kentucky rifles : weapons of territorial Mississippi; title: Dueling and slavery : weapons of antebellum Mississippi; title: Mississippi rifles : weapons of Mississippians in Mexico; title: Ironclads and torpedoes : weapons on the water in Civil War   Mississippi; title: Siege guns and sabers : weapons on the land in Civil War Mississippi; title: Rifles, bows, and guns : weapons of Mississippi hunters and private citizens; title: Training camps and military mobilization : weapons of Mississippi during the two world wars; title: Firebombs and ropes : weapons of terror in Mississippi; title: Ships, aircraft, and artillery : weapons of Mississippi's post World War II military-industrial complex; title: Nuclear testing : weapons of the atomic age in Mississippi.