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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Fragments of war history relating to the coast defence of South Carolina , 1861 -‘65 , and the hasty preparations for the Battle of Honey Hill , November 30 , 1864 . (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The red Artillery. (search)
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Confederate Ordnance during the war. The difficulty of obtaining it.
Plan proposed to increase accuracy and range of smooth-bore muskets by firing an elongated projectile made of lead and hard Wood.
William Le Roy Broun, President Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, formerly lieutenant-colonel of ordnance of the Confederate army, commanding the Richmond Arsenal, contributes the following article to the Journal of the United States Artillery of April, 1898:
In complying with your request to write an article for your Journal, giving experiences and difficulties in obtaining ordnance during the war, I will endeavor, relying on my memory and some available memoranda preserved, to give you a statement of the collection and manufacture of ordnance stores for the use of the Confederate armies, so far as such manufacture was under my observation and control.
After a year's service in the field as an artillery officer, I was ordered to Richmond and made Su