Breechldrs - Sharps New Model 1863 Serial Number identification …
Mar 1, 2010 · I am trying (I realize it may well be a total shot in the dark) to identify the individual who carved the large initials "HLK" in the foreshock my Sharps New Model 1863 Conversion …
The Navy’s Great Salt Raids (including map showing US Navy …
Oct 25, 2017 · Salt no longer has the importance today as it had until the advent of refrigeration. For centuries it was crucial for the preservation of meat and fish, in packing cheese and eggs, …
A History of Plumes | Ranks, Uniforms, Clothing, & Gear
Jul 9, 2017 · Looking into the history of plumes is not all very pretty. A plume is a type of bird feather. Primarily it consisted of egrets, ostriches, pheasants, peacocks, quails, flamingoes, …
Civil War Railroad Papers | Railroads & Steam Locomotives
Aug 16, 2018 · Aug 21, 2018. #3. Collection: School of Advanced Military Studies Monographs. Title: Effects of railroads on the emergence of operational art during the American Civil War, …
River Steamboat Conversions of the Civil War
Mar 2, 2012 · Built in 1857 as a merchant vessel, she was acquired by Adm. Porter in 1861 for patrol duty on the Tennessee River, based out of Paducah, Kentucky, where she spent the …
Steam Domes | Railroads & Steam Locomotives - American Civil …
May 26, 2020 · en.m.wikipedia.org. I. Cutaway section of a steam dome, showing the regulator inside. Steam dome in a central location. In the middle a boiler hoop. Early boilers had narrow …
“When Liverpool was Dixie” | Civil War Potpourri
Dec 10, 2013. #6. Let's not forget that Liverpool was built on the Slave Trade - so much so that in the late 18th century it was described as "The richest city in the world" and rivalled London as …
Feeding the locomotive | Railroads & Steam Locomotives
Nov 27, 2018 · Jan 2, 2021. #33. After the Civil War, Steam locomotives were switched from wood to coal. Wood fuel is only around 3,200 BTU per pound, assuming a 50% moisture …
NF - Blue & Gray Magazine Ceases Publication | Civil War Books, …
Oct 17, 2012 · Middle Tennessee. May 31, 2017. #1. Blue & Gray Magazine Ceases Publication. Admin. 5 hours ago. I had just turned 30 when my late wife Robin and I launched the premiere …
Hollow base of Minie ball | Small Arms & Ammunition
Mar 24, 2016. #7. The common Minie Ball as we know it used by Northern forces during the ACW was produced at government armories by machine swaging. These were not moulds but …