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1 online resource (viii, 279 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
""Cover""; ""The Best Gun in the World""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 1. George Woodward Morse""; ""CHAPTER 2. ;s Early Patents""; ""CHAPTER 3. Nathan M. Muzzy""; ""CHAPTER 4. War Department Evaluations, ""CHAPTER 5. Springfield Armory""; ""CHAPTER 6. s New Carbine, 1860""; ""CHAPTER 7. Morse in Late 1860 and Early 1861""; ""CHAPTER 8. Harpers Ferry, Nashville, and Atlanta""; ""CHAPTER 9. South Carolina State Military Works and David Lopez Jr""; ""CHAPTER 10. 1862"" |
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""CHAPTER 11. Morse Comes to South Carolina""""CHAPTER 12. Labor""; ""CHAPTER 13. 1863""; ""CHAPTER 14. Resignation and Successor""; ""CHAPTER 15. Morseâ#x80;#x99;s Brass-frame Carbine""; ""CHAPTER 16. Sale of the State Works""; ""CHAPTER 17. Late 1863 and 1864""; ""CHAPTER 18. 1865""; ""CHAPTER 19. State Military Works and Lopez, Postwar""; ""CHAPTER 20. Postwar Patent Petitions and Lawsuits""; ""CHAPTER 21. Final Productivity""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix 1. Inventory of Machinery, Tools, and Stock of Tennessee Armory, Atlanta, March 1862"" |
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""Appendix 2. Surviving Morse Firearms Listed by Serial Number""""Appendix 3. List of Slave Workers""; ""Appendix 4. List of White Employees""; ""Appendix 5. Total Production of Morseâ#x80;#x99;s Firearms""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography"" |
| Summary |
A thoroughly researched account of weapons innovation and industrialization during the Civil War. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Morse, George Woodward, 1812-1888.
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Morse, George Woodward, 1812-1888. |
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South Carolina. State Military Works.
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South Carolina. State Military Works. |
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Firearms designers -- United States -- Biography.
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Firearms designers. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Gunsmiths -- United States -- Biography.
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Gunsmiths. |
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Firearms industry and trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Firearms industry and trade. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Seigler, Robert S. Best gun in the world. Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2017] 9781611177923 (DLC) 2017008085 |
| ISBN |
9781611177930 (electronic book) |
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1611177936 (electronic book) |
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9781611177923 (hardcover) |
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