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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 1 21 1 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 14 6 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 5: Forts and Artillery. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 5 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 11, 1865., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 4 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: March 23, 1861., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 2 0 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 2 0 Browse Search
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 2 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: February 4, 1862., [Electronic resource], Ships and batteries. (search)
he muskets in Europe, and not to the South, as Potter would intimate. But in spite of these refusals of the Southern States to enter in earnest into the business of preparing for war, there was a mode found of filling their arsenals with arms;--with arms, too, of a far better character than condemned muskets. It had been the policy of the Federal Secretaries of War to allow all the rifles and muskets manufactured at the Federal armories, to be deposited in Northern arsenals. That at Watervliet, near New York city, contained probably one-half of all the arms of improved patterns, owned by the Federal Government. The attack of John Brown upon Virginia, and the numerous efforts of Northern emissary be excite Southern slaves to insurrection, suggested the importance of distributing their quota of these fine guns among the Southern States. Accordingly, orders were issued, in 1860, by Secretary Floyd, to transfer the Southern; quota of the arms in Northern arsenals. The precise