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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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uring the first jear of the Avar, theBurnside A\as favorably thought of by the Federal oflicers.This carbine was the invention of General Ambrose E,. Burn-side, and was manufactured in Bristol, Rhode Island. Its chiefvalue lay in its strength and the waterproof cartridges used.But its chief objection also lay in tlie high cost and tlie difficultyin obtaining this cartridge, which Mas manufactured of sheetbrass, an expensive metal at that time. jrVnotber arm, similarto Burnsides and made with a tapering steel barrel, was theMaynard. which was manufactured ))y the JNIaynards ArmsCompany, ^Vas)lington, District of Colum))ia. ^Vt the beginning, the sabers issued were of the long,straight, Prussian 2)attern, but these were afterwards replacedby a light cavalry saber with curved blade. )\Iany of thesewere fitted with attachments so as to be fastened to the end ofthe carbines in tlie form of a bayonet. Tliere also was an or-dinary saber handle which allowed of their being carried at the (56)
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REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. CAVALRY STABLES AT GRANTS HEADQUARTERS, CITY POLNT, IX 18G4 City Point was Grants liase of supplies during the operations about Petersburg, in 1864. Sheridan at last was handling his cavalryas a separate command, and was soon to^o-^o the Shenandoah. Brigadier-General David McM. Gregg was in command of the cav-alry which remained with Grant. The First Massachusetts, First New Jersey, Tenth New York, Sixth Ohio, and Twenty-first Penn-sylvania formed the First Brigade, and the First Maine, Second Pennsylvania, Fourth Pennsyhania, Eighth Pennsylvania, ThirteenthPennsylvania, and Sixteentli Pennsylvania were the Second Brigade. Some of these men had been on Sheridans Richmond andTrevilian raids. This shows the comparative comfort of City Point. To the left is a grindstone, where sabers might be made keen. (J^i rQautzattuu nf tlir Jriirral (Eaitalry •«•

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