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The Ordnance Manual for the Use of the Officers of the Confederate States Army
Credit: University of Virginia Special Collections
Original Author: Josiah Gorgas
Created: 1863
Medium: Title page
Publisher: University of Virginia Special Collections

The Ordnance Manual for the Use of the Officers of the Confederate States Army

An 1863 manual produced under the direction of Josiah Gorgas, Confederate chief of ordnance, details the weapons, ammunition, and other materiel available for the war effort.

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