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Showing posts with label Springfield Musket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Springfield Musket. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Official Reports of the Reoccupation of Jacksonville, Florida, by Union Forces, March 10, 1863: No. 1. — Report of Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton, U. S. Army.

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No. 1. Report of Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton, U. S. Army. BEAUFORT, S.C., March 14 , 1863 .  SIR: I have the honor to report that the exp...
Monday, September 14, 2020

Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 5, 1862

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We were marched to town and received our arms—Springfield muskets. Next day went off very quietly. SOURCE: Louis Leon,  Diary of a Tar...
Friday, November 9, 2012

The Fall of Lexington – Why Mulligan was not Re-enforced – Fremont Vindicated

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We make the following extract from the speech of Hon. Schuyler Colfax, in defense of Gen. Fremont, delivered on Friday last.   It is but a...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

From the 16th Iowa Regiment

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BENTON BARRACKS, St. Louis, March 27, 1862. EDITOR OF GAZETTE. – The 16 th regiment is now about ready for the war, excepting a little mor...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

From The Eighth Iowa Regiment

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STEAMER WAR EAGLE, Tennessee River, off Savannah, March 17, 1862 To the Editor of the Gazette:– The 8 th Iowa left Sedalia last Thursday e...
Monday, July 12, 2010

Washington News

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WASHINGTON, April 29. – The Commission on ordnance and supplies have, it is said, rejected all the foreign contracts, and considerable curta...
Friday, June 5, 2009

How Muskets are Made

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The Committee who are examining the contracts for ordnance, have had prepared for them, by Messrs. Jenks & Co., of Brideburg, near Phila...