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The best gun in the world : George Woodward Morse and the South Carolina State Military Works / Robert S. Seigler.
Van Pelt Library TS533.62.M67 S45 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seigler, Robert S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Morse, George Woodward, 1812-1888.
- Morse, George Woodward.
- South Carolina. State Military Works.
- South Carolina.
- Firearms designers--United States--Biography.
- Firearms designers.
- Gunsmiths--United States--Biography.
- Gunsmiths.
- Firearms industry and trade--United States--History--19th century.
- Firearms industry and trade.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 279 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 George Woodward Morse 5
- Chapter 2 Morse's Early Patents 14
- Chapter 3 Nathan M. Muzzy 30
- Chapter 4 War Department Evaluations, 1857-1858 41
- Chapter 5 Springfield Armory 63
- Chapter 6 Morse's New Carbine, 1860 73
- Chapter 7 Morse in Late i860 and Early 1861 84
- Chapter 8 Harpers Ferry, Nashville, and Atlanta 88
- Chapter 9 South Carolina State Military Works and David Lopez Jr. 98
- Chapter 10 1862 106
- Chapter 11 Morse Comes to South Carolina 118
- Chapter 12 Labor 133
- Chapter 13 1863 140
- Chapter 14 Lopez's Resignation and Successor 145
- Chapter 15 Morse's Brass-frame Carbine 155
- Chapter 16 Sale of the State Works 165
- Chapter 17 Late 1863 and 1864 176
- Chapter 18 1865 187
- Chapter 19 State Military Works and Lopez, Postwar 197
- Chapter 20 Morse's Postwar Patent Petitions and Lawsuits 202
- Chapter 21 Morse's Final Productivity 218.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Seigler, Robert S. Best gun in the world.
- ISBN:
- 9781611177923
- 1611177928
- OCLC:
- 974612701
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