Ordnance Manual for the Use of the Officers of the United States Army: 1861 Edition Chapter 8 (Reprint)

Reprint of Chapter 8 of the Ordance Manual for the Use of the Officers of the United States Army.

Originally printed in 1862 with information on the small arms, swords, sabers, and accoutrements of the civil war.

Data on six guns used by the government; how to inspect, pack, assemble, disassemble, gauge the bore, preserve and store.

60 pages, illustrated.