From renowned author John D. McAulay comes the first reliable and comprehensive guide to the firearms and edged weapons of the Civil War Navy and Marine Corps. This fascinating book starts during the 1850s, and then proceeds to cover each of the war years in surprising detail, listing specific weapons used on specific ships and in specific engagements. The variety of weapons covered is amazing. Arms inventories for nearly 400 vessels are carefully transcribed for your use, showing guns, swords pikes, knives and accoutrements. 216 black and white photos, coated paper and cover art by famous nautical artist Tom Freeman. See why Norm Flayderman calls this "a highly significant addition to the lore of American arms history...the cornerstone for understanding this subject."
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"...describes and illustrates each weapon and explains where and wwhen they were used in battle...the author has spent much time in national and naval archives, studying and documenting shipboard use of a surprisingly great variety of weapons... BUT - the arms are only one part of the great value of this book for Navy historians: the listed 216 black & white photos show the arms in good detail, but they also show and identify over 60 of those ships...plus many more detailed shipo scenes and other persons in the Navy." -- C.R. Suydam, Gun Report Magazine, November 1999
"From the respected author who brought us Civil War Pistols of the Union, Carbines of the U.S. Cavalry and several other fine works covering this era comes a fascinating work covering Civil War Small Arms of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, while heightening our understanding that Naval small arms saw considerable action in this conflict. The amount of detail included in this book, derived from hundreds of hours spent in the National Archives, is obvious and astounding, right down to specific weapons used on named U.S. ships during well known battles...It is always a rare pleasure to read and review a really well written book that will hold my interest from cover to cover; this book is certainly one of those few." -- David Chicoine, Bullet N Press magazine, December 1999
"From the respected author who brought us Civil War Pistols of the Union, Carbines of the U.S. Cavalry and several other fine works covering this era comes a fascinating work covering Civil War Small Arms of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, while heightening our understanding that Naval small arms saw considerable action in this conflict. The amount of detail included in this book, derived from hundreds of hours spent in the National Archives, is obvious and astounding, right down to specific weapons used on named U.S. ships during well known battles...It is always a rare pleasure to read and review a really well written book that will hold my interest from cover to cover; this book is certainly one of those few." -- David Chicoine, Bullet N Press magazine, December 1999
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