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- Collection - Dug and published Edward Barnes Sons bowie knife | Relic . . .
Longtime lurker here, thought I would share a recent pickup of mine This excavated bowie knife was made by Edward Barnes Sons of Sheffield, England Barnes was active as a knifemaker as early as 1833 and the business after his death under his sons into the late 1880s Their "U ☆ S" stamped
- C. S. A. domestically-made revolvers | Small Arms Ammunition
There were other C S A domestic manufacturers of pistols of course, smaller than the four outfits named above For example there was Dance Brothers (of Galveston, Texas) which made a 44-cal pistol that looked like this Elsewhere in Texas the Tucker Sherrod company was making 44-cal Dragoon revolvers like these And in still another part of Texas (Sisterdale) the Sisterdale Dragoon 44
- Confederate CSA general Service Buttons | Ranks, Uniforms, Clothing . . .
The makers marks told the tale of England providing the South with war material and the north took notice of the English makers of captured items and issued protest to the English Gov After that the English makers changed their back-marks to "Superior Quality" Below are the backs of 2 CSA buttons made by the same English Co
- Real Confederate Bowie Knives | Edged Weapons - American Civil War Forums
When researching book and scouring as many images of soldiers armed with knives, majority of Union soldiers had Sheffield bowies or side knives, but most knife-toting Confederates had "local-made" especially early war where it was an honor to use Southern made arms I agree, some of the home grown edged weapons were very good
- ARMY BEANS - By Craig L. Barry | Foods Recipes
ARMY BEANS By Craig L Barry “The Cooking Tent” image dated to Grant’s Overland Campaign June 1864 (courtesy Library of Congress) “At noon we draw a ration of corn bread, pork and beans…took breakfast at 7 ocl (o’clock) of cold beans and corn bread “ [1] Civil War soldiers ate more beans
- Lees biggest mistakes at Gettysburg | Gettysburg
They all made mistakes, and honestly, it was extremely hard coordinating that many men at any one time Having said all of that I've recently purchased Sears Gettysburg book and have been re-reading some of my other purchases, and the once the battle commenced on July 1st, I feel like the biggest mistake Lee made that he had the most control
- 1856 Enfield Carbine made by Barnett - American Civil War Forums
The best quality arms made by any private company are from the London Armoury Company You'll find various opinions facts alternative facts about how many arms imported to the US for the Civil War were from the London Armoury I believe only a modest percentage of the hundreds of thousands of "enfield" arms imported were from the London
- Found a musket ball | Small Arms Ammunition
U S musket balls made up until about the mid-1850's were cast and should have the remains of a "Sprue mark" somewhere on it A Sprue mark is a small, circular flat spot on the ball where the molten lead was poured into the mould After the lead hardened, a Sprue Plate cut off the excess lead and the ball was dropped out of the mould
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