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![]() The Civil War and the Firearms Trade Guns International #: 100713003 Seller's Inventory #: Category: Books and Magazines - Collectibles - Civil War Seller's Information When emailing or calling sellers direct, please mention that you saw their listing on GunsInternational.com Seller: Carrickmacross Member Since: 4/29/11 State: Massachusetts Country: United States Phone: (508) 435-3387 Number of Active Listings: 0 Total Number of Listings: 78 Seller: Private Seller Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns. Payment Types Accepted: cashiers check or money order Description: The Civil War and the Firearms Trade, the product of 5 years of research, provides a comprehensive and well documented accounting of the firearms trade in America prior to, during and immediately after the Civil War. Chapter headings include: The Antebellum Period; The North and South’s Readiness For War; Colt, Smith & Wesson and White Patents; Cartridges of the Period; The New Metallic Cartridges; Smith & Wesson Patent Evasions; Period Newsprint and the Firearms Trade; The New Centerfire Cartridge and The Aftermath of the Civil War. Period catalogs, over 1200 issues of period newspapers, actual period correspondence between manufacturers and their distributors, original manufacturer’s shipping records, court findings, and more than 250 references were utilized. The book has 450 pages and more than 200 color pictures of nearly every firearm that found its’ way to the battlefield in the American Civil War. It is a “must have” for any collector, researcher or student of this tumultuous and innovative period in America’s firearms history. Please visit my (firearms-history) for more books and miscellaneous collectibles. SOLD |