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Power and Iron: The Brooke Rifle of the Civil War

Crafted in the Confederacy, the Brooke Rifle combined innovation with deadly force. It was a cannon that could decide the ...
Claud E. Fuller, 1877-1957 -- How this book is arranged -- Colonial and Revolutionary arms -- Flintlock muskets -- Indian muskets -- Flintlocks altered to percussion -- Model 1841 rifles and 1842 ...