Dragoon revolvers like these and in still another part of texas (sisterdale) the sisterdale dragoon.44. The well made interchangeable parts made it the realization of a dream for ordnance men The confederates made very little coins during the civil war, but it's a bit more complicated than that
Made Rusmi
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.
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 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? I agree, some of the home grown edged weapons were very good. It is my understanding that, given the severe shortage of supplies, the confederate army used bat guano to procure potassium nitrate (saltpetre), before mixing it with charcoal and sulphur, to create gunpowder However, i cannot find anything that explains how they procured sulphur, given that.
Does anyone have in their collection the humble pocketknife from cw times
I think this simple tool was one of the most useful for all I've seen pictures from the early war. By the time their uniform items start to wear out, you can replace them with other higher end pieces one at a time, or if you´ve decided that reenacting isn´t your thing, you can get out without taking a huge loss Regimental quartermaster and fall creek feature american made products
C&c is the last of the sutlers selling pakistani inventory. Hawken made flintlock rifles, later converting to percussion in the 1830s Hawken manufactured a larger caliber weapon, different from the kentucky rifles In 1856 william hawken dissolved his partner ship with campbell
