Small Arms at Gettysburg: Infantry and Cavalry Weapons in America's Greatest Battle

by Joseph G. Bilby

Book Overview

The Effect of Soldiers' Weapons on the Turning Point of the Civil War
The three-day battle of Gettysburg has probably been the subject of more books and articles than any other comparable event. Surprisingly, until this work, no one has analyzed the firearms and other individual soldier's weapons used at Gettysburg in any great detail. The battle was a watershed, with military weapons technologies representing the past, present, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594160546
• ISBN13: 9781594160547
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Westholme Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"