Christopher Roby, Swordmaker and CO Troop F, Mass Volunteers In addition to swords made by other manufacturers, military "volunteers" were offered a wide selection of Roby weapons that would have included N C O ,Musician, Horse Artillery, and Cavalry swords for enlisted personnel; a Foot Infantry Officer sword, model 1850; and large bowie-knives with inspiring brass, eagle-head pommels
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
Currency - Coins in the Confederacy | Currency, Stamps, other . . . The Confederates made very little coins during the Civil War, but it's a bit more complicated than that The U S had 5 mints around the country that they were using, so when the Confederacy came to be, they took over 3 of them, most notably in New Orleans The Confederates started making coins
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
The long shot made with a Henry 1860 by Gus in the Lonesome Dove . . . I just watched "Lonesome Dove" with my wife Because the movie was set in the late 1870s many of the actors carried Civil War era weapons In one scene Gus McCrae is engaged with one of Blue Duck's thugs in a long range shoot out The thug uses a Sharps 1874 long range Sharps rifle with scope
Plum Run as a Ready Made Trench Wheatfield | Gettysburg It makes Stony Hill far less of an advantage because parts of the Plum Run are indeed a ready made fortification One that BOTH sides had to deal with on multiple occasions The Wheatfield was a specialty killing zone in the world of battlefield geography and geology
Tell me more! - What kind of wood was used on Civil War muskets . . . Were most muskets made from the same type of wood? Being from Michigan I know that huge amounts of lumber from Michigan was being sold to the Federal government, but I am not sure of the mix of hard woods and pine My next question is, did wood have to season before it could be used in muskets?
Civil War Era Knives | Small Arms Ammunition Does anyone have in their collection the humble pocketknife from CW times? I'd like to see them, even if they're repros or custom-made modern ones I think this simple tool was one of the most useful for all What about "bowies"? Where they really used? I've seen pictures from the early war
Rock Walls Fences of the Bluegrass | Mid-19th Century Life These rock walls or fences were made of ancient limestone and are the hallmark of Kentucky's Bluegrass region The earliest settlers to Kentucky built dry laid fences in the 18th century They were built around farms, cemeteries and mills They were built by Irish and Scottish immigrants who
The story of Ivory Soap - American Civil War Forums The air actually made the soap lighter than water, causing it to float Proter and Gamble thus marketed Ivory as the "Soap that Floats" As the decades followed, Procter and Gamble continued to develop many products, but Ivory Soap remains in production today and is prehaps, the company's most well-known product