Title: Colonel Burton's Spiller & Burr revolver
First published: 1996
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.
Subjects: Spiller & Burr, History, Confederate States of America, Revolvers, Confederate States of America. Army, Firearms
Places: United States
LC classification: TS537 .N588 1996