Fellows,
I've been meaning to post this for awhile and just now got around to it. In reading Zack Waters' "A Small but Spartan Band" I came across the following accout from the 26th Pennsyvania following the action of July 2 1863.
"Major Bodine of the 26th Pa sent his men out with a specific purpose in mind."We were armed with the Austrian rifle of an inferior quality and I desired to change them for springfield rifles...without the red tape process...the brigade we opposed (Lang's Florida brigade) were all armed with the Springfield rifles. Many of them had gone through the renovating process and bore the Richmond C.S. stamp"
so my question to the "gun folk". I know the "guestimated" output of the Richmond armory was about 60,000 rifle muskets. Does that number just account for arms that were manufactured at the Richmond facility, or does that include US made Springfields that were picked up by the Johnnies and refitted/repaired as needed? Or is Maj. Bodine picking up CS made rifles and assuming them to be US made with CS stamps due to similar patterns?
something to talk about.
bryant
I've been meaning to post this for awhile and just now got around to it. In reading Zack Waters' "A Small but Spartan Band" I came across the following accout from the 26th Pennsyvania following the action of July 2 1863.
"Major Bodine of the 26th Pa sent his men out with a specific purpose in mind."We were armed with the Austrian rifle of an inferior quality and I desired to change them for springfield rifles...without the red tape process...the brigade we opposed (Lang's Florida brigade) were all armed with the Springfield rifles. Many of them had gone through the renovating process and bore the Richmond C.S. stamp"
so my question to the "gun folk". I know the "guestimated" output of the Richmond armory was about 60,000 rifle muskets. Does that number just account for arms that were manufactured at the Richmond facility, or does that include US made Springfields that were picked up by the Johnnies and refitted/repaired as needed? Or is Maj. Bodine picking up CS made rifles and assuming them to be US made with CS stamps due to similar patterns?
something to talk about.
bryant
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