ARMING THE UNION Small Arms in the Civil War by Davis, Carl L - 1973

Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1973. Clean and bright in sound binding. Fine in fine dust jacket. 207 pages; illustrated, portraits; 22 cm. "Historians often point out that the Civil War was the first of the modern wars and the last of the old ones. Nowhere is this more evident than in the area of small arms development, procurement, issue, and use. Now for the first time the fascinating story is told of how the Union armed itself and moved into a new era of warfare. ... Dr. Davis Builds his story around the work of the United States ordnance Department." . First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.