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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Contributions to the history of the Confederate Ordnance Department. (search)
active warfare. Placing the good arms thus lost at the moderate estimate of 100,000, we must have received from various sources 400,000 stands of infantry arms in the two years of fighting, ending July 1st, 1863. I can only estimate from memory the several sources from which this supply was derived, as follows: Good rifled arms on hand at the beginning of the war (this includes the arms in the hands of volunteer companies),25,000 New arms manufactured in the Confederacy and in private Establishments40,000 Arms received from the battle-fields and put in good order (this includes the great number of arms picked up by the soldiers)150,000 Imported from January 1st, 1862, to July 1st, 1863185,000 ——— Total400,000 This estimate does not include pistols and sabres, of which a small supply was imported. To account for the very large number obtained from the enemy (rather an under than an over estimate), it must be remembered that in some fights, where our troops were not fi<
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Armories and small arms. (search)
active warfare. Placing the good arms thus lost at the moderate estimate of 100,000, we must have received from various sources 400,000 stands of infantry arms in the two years of fighting, ending July 1st, 1863. I can only estimate from memory the several sources from which this supply was derived, as follows: Good rifled arms on hand at the beginning of the war (this includes the arms in the hands of volunteer companies),25,000 New arms manufactured in the Confederacy and in private Establishments40,000 Arms received from the battle-fields and put in good order (this includes the great number of arms picked up by the soldiers)150,000 Imported from January 1st, 1862, to July 1st, 1863185,000 ——— Total400,000 This estimate does not include pistols and sabres, of which a small supply was imported. To account for the very large number obtained from the enemy (rather an under than an over estimate), it must be remembered that in some fights, where our troops were not fi<