- Christopher Roby, Swordmaker and CO Troop F, Mass Volunteers
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; and large bowie-knives with inspiring brass, eagle-head pommels
- How did the supply-poor Confederate army obtain sulpher for gunpowder . . .
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
- Real Confederate Bowie Knives | Edged Weapons - American Civil War Forums
When researching book and scouring as many images of soldiers armed with knives, majority of Union soldiers had Sheffield bowies or side knives, but most knife-toting Confederates had "local-made" especially early war where it was an honor to use Southern made arms I agree, some of the home grown edged weapons were very good
- The long shot made with a Henry 1860 by Gus in the Lonesome Dove . . .
I just watched "Lonesome Dove" with my wife Because the movie was set in the late 1870s many of the actors carried Civil War era weapons In one scene Gus McCrae is engaged with one of Blue Duck's thugs in a long range shoot out The thug uses a Sharps 1874 long range Sharps rifle with scope
- Bayonet for Pedersolis 1861 Springfield? | Small Arms Ammunition
I definitely plan to invest in a quality made Italian bayonet, likely made from spring steel as opposed to carbon steel like most India reproductions The question is does anyone know of any 1861 bayonets that would fit Pedersoli's 1861 springfield "out of the box?" If not, could anyone give me
- Authentic - Hardtack with photos! | Foods Recipes
Cooks tried to make it more palatable in recipes such as bully soup (hot cereal made from cornmeal and hardtack, boiled in water, wine and ginger) and skillygalee (hardtack soaked in water then fried with pork grease ) The hardness of hardtack was legendary and gave rise to many soldier jokes This one was typical
- Currency - Coins in the Confederacy | Currency, Stamps, other . . .
The Confederates made very little coins during the Civil War, but it's a bit more complicated than that The U S 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
- C. S. A. domestically-made revolvers | Small Arms Ammunition
There were other C S A domestic manufacturers of pistols of course, smaller than the four outfits named above For example there was Dance Brothers (of Galveston, Texas) which made a 44-cal pistol that looked like this Elsewhere in Texas the Tucker Sherrod company was making 44-cal Dragoon revolvers like these And in still another part of Texas (Sisterdale) the Sisterdale Dragoon 44
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