The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth - Paperback
by Earl J. Hess
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Availability:In StockContributor:Earl J. HessSeries:Modern War Studies (Paperback)Publish date:2016-07-11Pages:296
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KansasISBN-13:9780700623839ISBN-10:700623833UPC:9780700623839Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, MilitaryBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), Weapons, United StatesSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCWJXEJ214
The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth
The Civil War's single-shot, muzzle-loading musket revolutionized warfare-or so we've been told for years. Noted historian Earl J. Hess forcefully challenges that claim, offering a new, clear-eyed, and convincing assessment of the rifle musket's actual performance on the battlefield and its impact on the course of the Civil War. Many contemporaries were impressed with the new weapon's increased...
Series: Modern War Studies (Paperback)
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KansasISBN-13:9780700623839ISBN-10:700623833UPC:9780700623839Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, MilitaryBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), Weapons, United StatesSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCWJXEJ214
Hess, Earl J.: - Earl J. Hess holds the Stewart W. McClelland Chair in History at Lincoln Memorial University and has published ten previous books on the Civil War, including The Union Soldier in Battle: Enduring the Ordeal of Combat, also from Kansas, and, most recently, Trench Warfare under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
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