Colonel Burton's Spiller & Burr revolver
Subtitle: an untimely venture in Confederate small-arms manufacturing
By: Matthew W. Norman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Macon, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Spiller & Burr -- History.; Confederate States of America. Army -- Firearms.; Revolvers -- United States -- History.
Description: In 1861, with very few resources, the Confederacy attempted to arm itself. Several armories and factories were created in the South to help meet these needs. Colonel Burton's Spiller & Burr Revolver is based exclusively on primary sources, and provides a detailed history about one of those manufacturing firms during the Civil War. The book describes how the factory's history applies to Southern industrialism in the mid-nineteenth century.

Revolving around the creation, operation, and demise of a pistol factory, this book illustrates the struggles of the factory and thus of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-134) and index.