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Rifles of the Civil War

Rifles of the Civil War

McKeeby, Nelson

Paperback

Series: Civil War, Book 4

Technology & EngineeringCivil War Period (1850-1877)Weaponry & Vehicles

ISBN13: 9798268943863
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 8 2025
Pages: 204
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Rifles of the Civil War
From the thunder of matchlocks on the fields of Europe to the precision fire of rifled muskets at Antietam and Gettysburg, Rifles of the Civil War traces the evolution of the infantry weapon that defined the nineteenth century. Beginning with France's pioneering work on standardized flintlocks under the Ancien Régime, the book examines how military theory, drill, and metallurgy converged to create the musket as both a weapon and an institution. It follows the weapon's transformation-through percussion ignition, rifled barrels, and Minié ammunition-into the dominant battlefield technology by 1861.

When civil war erupted in the United States, both Union and Confederate governments faced an immediate crisis of armament. Their struggle to equip vast citizen armies reveals a race of industry, logistics, and desperation: the North mobilizing its armories and overseas purchasing networks; the South scavenging arsenals, converting flintlocks, and building new facilities from scratch.

Through technical analysis, documentary evidence, and contemporary accounts, this volume explores the intersection of technology and necessity. It shows how the musket rifle-an instrument of precision born from centuries of European innovation-became the defining weapon of an American conflict that would end one era of warfare and begin another.

Authors Note: This document originally was part of a larger study on the economics of slavery including quotations form pro-slavery right wing, anti-slavery socialist, Christian conservative founders of the anti-slavery movement in the USA, and discussions from travelers to the USA from Europe and Brazil who were often very honest in what they saw. Only parts of this larger discussion are included here with source checking to modern thinkers. While the weapons and technology discussed are the goal of this book, you cannot completely divorce this subject from the idea of capitalist and democracy.

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