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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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request; on the contrary, ef-forts were made to encourage the private manufacturers in theNorthern States to increase the capacity of their plants. This,it was foreseen, woidd lead to an endless variety of arms soonbeing in use in the service, unless special effort was made to pro-vide a uniform pattern. The Springfield model of the UnitedStates rifle was then being manufactured at the armories ofthe Government at a cost of a little less than fourteen dollars,and it was estimated that it could be made in private armor-ies for twelve dollars, so that, with a proper margin of profit,it could be sold to the Government for the cost of manufac-ture in Government factories. The United States musket then,as nearly always since, had no superior in the world. The patriotic efforts of the States to assist the generalGovernment were well shown by the action of New York inpurchasing, early in 1861, twenty thousand Knfield rifles fromEngland, with an initial purchase of one hundred thousand (128)
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COPYRIGHT, 1911. REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO LADIES AND OFFICERS IN THE INTERIOR COURT, WASHINGTON ARSENAL These leisurely ladies and unhurried officers do not betray the feverish activity which existed in the UnionOrdnance Department throughout the war. By the latter part of I860 there were thirteen arsenals, twoarmories and one depot for the manufacturing and safe-keeping of ordnance and ordnance stores in theUnitedStates. There were stored in arsenals in the South about 61,000 small arms of all patterns which fell into thehands of the Confederates. About April 23, 1861, the Chief of Ordnance suggested that, in view of the lim-ited capacity of the arsenals, there should be purchased from abroad from 50,000 to 100,000 small arms andeight, batteries of rifled cannon. There was no immediate action on this request. Early in 1861 the Stateof New York purchased 20,000 Enfield rifles from England, with an initial purchase of 100,000 rounds ofammunition. Efforts were made to encourage the private

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