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Re: CS Richmond Rifle - did AOT have them?
Christian-
I have a little more information on this particular unit for you. Online, you can get some early war information by reading Carroll H. Clark's diary. He enlisted in Co. I, 16th Tennessee. In Article 4 of his diary, he states that:
Also, in Thomas A. Head's Campaigns and Battle of the Sixteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, in the War Between the States, With Incidental Sketches of the Part Performed by Other Tennessee Troops in the Same War. 1861-1865, another reference to these early war weapons can be found. Head relates,
(43).
The above references are before the regiment was transfered to South Carolina and then to Corinth, Mississippi, it being in Virginia during the engagement at Cheat Mountain. So, what we obviously know is that in 1861-early 1862 the regiment was armed with flint-locks, but they were armed with enfields by summer 1863. This leaves a gap between the flint-locks, enfields, and what the regiment possibly carried in the 1864 campaigns. That means that the best means would be looking at the CSR's like the previous posts have stated. Unfortunately, I have not had time to research the F&S of the 16th to try and trace down some request or ordnance returns for the regiment. The problem with the 16th's CSR's is that most, if not all, regimental returns end after April 1864. That means that we have to dig a little deeper. I'll let you know what I find. Thanks for your interest.
Head, Thomas A. Campaigns and Battle of the Sixteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, in the War Between the States, With Incidental Sketches of the Part Performed by Other Tennessee Troops in the Same War. 1861-1865. Nashville:Cumberland Presbyterian, 1885.
Rice, Frank. My Grandfather's Diary of the Civil War., 20 April 1999. http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnvanbur/vbdiary.html (11 March 2004).
Also, for everyone else to ponder over. Here is something very interesting related to the "Inspection Article" I posted earlier. The 1st Arkansas was a mounted rifles (dismounted) regiment.
McNair's Brigade:
1st Ark. Reg't.
Eff. men 273 (?-due to being stamped over)
Guns in Reg't 293 (?-due to being stamped over by War Dept. Rebel Archives stamp)
27 of above are Sharp Rifles
Need 3,000 Sharp Rifle Cart.
Cartridges 37,240
Not mounted. good wagons
Sent Return to Richmond
Just an interesting tid-bit. Not to be taken way out of context PLEASE!!
Christopher Young
Christian-
I have a little more information on this particular unit for you. Online, you can get some early war information by reading Carroll H. Clark's diary. He enlisted in Co. I, 16th Tennessee. In Article 4 of his diary, he states that:
Our guns were flint lock muskets and carried cartridges made of one large ball and three buckshot. Our cartridge boxes held forty cartridges and fastened to a belt and cap box by side of it, which were very convenient and unless a fellow was badly excited could load and shoot rapidly. Our guns were dangerous at close range. The rain continue for many days and we had some trouble in keeping our ammunition dry, but I must return to our march down the little valley.
It had rained continually throughout the night, and, having flint-lock muskets, which had been loaded the evening before, the loads becoming wet, and the first thing the men did in the morning was to extract the cartridges form their guns and put them in good order. The had all kept their powder dry, and having rubbed up their guns and examined their flints they awaited the signal for attack
The above references are before the regiment was transfered to South Carolina and then to Corinth, Mississippi, it being in Virginia during the engagement at Cheat Mountain. So, what we obviously know is that in 1861-early 1862 the regiment was armed with flint-locks, but they were armed with enfields by summer 1863. This leaves a gap between the flint-locks, enfields, and what the regiment possibly carried in the 1864 campaigns. That means that the best means would be looking at the CSR's like the previous posts have stated. Unfortunately, I have not had time to research the F&S of the 16th to try and trace down some request or ordnance returns for the regiment. The problem with the 16th's CSR's is that most, if not all, regimental returns end after April 1864. That means that we have to dig a little deeper. I'll let you know what I find. Thanks for your interest.
Head, Thomas A. Campaigns and Battle of the Sixteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, in the War Between the States, With Incidental Sketches of the Part Performed by Other Tennessee Troops in the Same War. 1861-1865. Nashville:Cumberland Presbyterian, 1885.
Rice, Frank. My Grandfather's Diary of the Civil War., 20 April 1999. http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnvanbur/vbdiary.html (11 March 2004).
Also, for everyone else to ponder over. Here is something very interesting related to the "Inspection Article" I posted earlier. The 1st Arkansas was a mounted rifles (dismounted) regiment.
McNair's Brigade:
1st Ark. Reg't.
Eff. men 273 (?-due to being stamped over)
Guns in Reg't 293 (?-due to being stamped over by War Dept. Rebel Archives stamp)
27 of above are Sharp Rifles
Need 3,000 Sharp Rifle Cart.
Cartridges 37,240
Not mounted. good wagons
Sent Return to Richmond
Just an interesting tid-bit. Not to be taken way out of context PLEASE!!
Christopher Young
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