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The Enfield rifle was used by both the North and the South in the American Civil War and was the second most widely used infantry weapon in the war. Fayetteville rifle: Hall rifle: A single-shot breech-loader invented in 1811. A few were used by the Confederacy. Harper Ferry M1803 rifle: Hawken rifle: A frontier rifle used by Confederate ...
There was no consistent distinction made between Bowie knives and Arkansas toothpicks in the mid-19th century. There were enough occasional distinctions to shade any dogmatic statement of equivalence. Americans were observed to use pocket knives to clean their teeth in the era, so the "Arkansas toothpick" term may predate the Bowie knife.
Bowie knives had a role in the American conflicts of the nineteenth century. They are historically mentioned in the independence of Texas, in the Mexican War, the California gold rush, the civil strife in Kansas, the Civil War and later conflicts with the American Indians. John Brown (abolitionist) carried a Bowie (which was taken by J. E. B ...
J.E.B. Stuart with his 1860 saber. It is shorter, lighter and less curved than the 1840 model 1860 saber. The Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber (also known as the M1862 as this was when the first 80,000 were issued) [1] is a long sword made of steel and brass, used by US cavalry from the American Civil War [2] until the end of the Indian wars; some were still in use during the Spanish–American ...
M. M1860 Cutlass; Massachusetts Arms Company; Minié ball; Model 1795 Musket; Model 1816 Musket; Model 1822 Musket; Model 1832 foot artillery sword; Model 1840 army noncommissioned officers' sword
The longhunters gathered information about the western lands in the 1760s and early 1770s that would prove critical to early European American settlement in Tennessee and Kentucky. Many longhunters were employed by land surveyors seeking to claim new lands ceded to the British by the French in the Ohio River Valley following France's defeat in ...
The U.S. Model 1832 foot artillery short-sword has a 6-inch (15 cm) solid brass hilt, a 4-inch (10 cm) crossguard, and a blade usually 19 inches (48 cm) in length.This model was the first sword contracted by the U.S. with the Ames Manufacturing Company of Springfield (later Chicopee), Massachusetts, with production starting in 1832.
Ames Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of swords, tools, and cutlery in Chicopee, Massachusetts, as well as an iron and bronze foundry.They were a significant provider of side arms, swords, light artillery, and heavy ordnance for the Union in the American Civil War.