Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance to the Secretary of War for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1879
by Ordnance Department. United States Army. Benet, S. V. [Stephen Vincent]
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1st ed., 8vo, red cloth 400 pp. Illus. with more than 175 b/w plates, many folding. Includes numerous appendices, containing reports on guns, ordnance, construction of an 11-inch muzzle-loading rifle and an 3.16-inch muzzle-loading rifle; hydraulics, revolving cannons and gatlings, other weapons and fuses
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"Compliments of Brig. Gen. S. V. Benet' label on front pastedown
CONDITION: Good; corners lightly bumped; spine darkened with chipping at top and bottom of spine. Front hinge lightly cracked; owner's bookplate on fep
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Brig. Gen. Stephen Vincent Benet (1827-1895)
Stephen Vincent Benet is the grandfather of author/poet Steven Vincent Benet. He served a variety of posts prior to the Civil War and also taught geography, history, ethics and law at the West Point Military Academy. Promoted to captain in August 1861, Benet was again detailed to West Point, this time as an instructor in ordnance and gunnery. By 1864, he had been made commandant of Frankfort Arsenal, a post he held for five years. In June 1874, Benet was appointed brigadier general and Chief of Ordnance, a post he held for seventeen years.
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- Title
- Annual Report of the Chief of Ordnance to the Secretary of War for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1879
- Author
- Ordnance Department. United States Army. Benet, S. V. [Stephen Vincent]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office,
- Place of Publication
- Washington [D.C.],
- Date Published
- 1879
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Military, weapons, guns, gunnery, americana
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