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These military- or militia-issued rifles were of civilian style, and it has been very difficult for collectors to identify them from this contract. Edward Flanagan, who wrote a paper on the 1792 and 1807 contract rifles, believes that the weapons were marked by the U.S. government, a lesson learned from gun thefts during the Revolutionary War. [3]
1.1 Edged weapons. 1.2 Sidearms. 1.3 Shotguns. ... This is a list of weapons used in the American Indian Wars and Canadian ... Meylin M1719 Pennsylvania-Kentucky ...
Rowland, Dunbar & Howell, H. Grady, Jr., "Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1898", Chickasaw Bayou Press, 2003, Library of Congress Number 2002117732. The Machine Gun, Volume 1, George M. Chinn, Bureau of Ordnance, United States Navy, 1951, No ISBN. "The Long Arm of Lee" by Wise. "Confederate Cannon Foundries" by Gunter and Daniel.
Various edged weapons, lances and equipment 3,700 lance spears, 6,500 bayonets, 11,700 cavalry sabers, 2,700 officers sabers, 600 naval cutlasses, 800 artillery cutlasses [1] Congaree Foundry Columbia, South Carolina: Cook & Brother New Orleans, Louisiana (before 1863), Athens, Georgia (1863-1866) Various rifles, bayonets
In 1867, the War Department authorized sale of many weapons, including 19,551 weapons at the Leavenworth arsenal in Kansas. This sale included Wesson carbines, as well as many other revolvers, rifles and carbines of the period (29 different types). [30] In 1869, the War Department purchased far fewer weapons of all kinds than it had in the ...
Edged weapon stubs (3 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Edged and bladed weapons" The following 174 pages are in this category, out of 174 total. This list may not reflect ...
Peter posed with the rifle in several photographs taken in preparation for his painted portrait by William Henry Machen which still hangs at the Toledo Public Library. [12] By the time it was replaced by the M1817 rifle and the M1819 rifle , the M1803 rifle had been carried by regular army troops throughout what would later become Kansas ...
An edged weapon, [1] or bladed weapon, is a melee weapon with a cutting edge. [2] Bladed weapons include swords, daggers, knives, and bayonets. Edged weapons are used to cut, hack, or slash; some edged weapons (such as many kinds of swords) may also permit thrusting and stabbing. Edged weapons contrast with blunt weapons such as maces, and with ...