. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT 1911, PATRIOT PUB CO. BAYONETS, HOWITZERS AND REVOLVERS OF THE CIVIL WAR DAYS The soldiers are part of Com-pany L of the Second NewYork Heavy Artillery. Theywere armed with rifles pro-vided with musket bayonetsThis bayonet was a very ef-fective weapon. The black-was made of steel, eighteeninches long. To give light-ness and stiffness, its threefaces were grooved in the di-rection of the length, orfluted. The blade wasjoined to the socket, whichfitted over th
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT 1911, PATRIOT PUB CO. BAYONETS, HOWITZERS AND REVOLVERS OF THE CIVIL WAR DAYS The soldiers are part of Com-pany L of the Second NewYork Heavy Artillery. Theywere armed with rifles pro-vided with musket bayonetsThis bayonet was a very ef-fective weapon. The black-was made of steel, eighteeninches long. To give light-ness and stiffness, its threefaces were grooved in the di-rection of the length, orfluted. The blade wasjoined to the socket, whichfitted over the muzzle, by aneck which, due to thechange of direction, had to bemade very strong. Duringthe < ivil War there was moreactual use of the bayonetthan since, but the presence. of the bayonet still gives amoral effect both to the de-fender and assailant. Theupper photograph shows two24-pounder smooth-bore gunsin Fort C. F. Smith in the de-fenses of Washington. Thecarriages are those usuallyused with siege guns, theheavy scooped-out block onthe trail being for the purposeof holding the base of the gunwhen it was being trans-ported. These 24-pounderswere for short range. Inthelower photograph Cap-tain Schwartz, the sharp-shooter, is holdinga revolverwhich looks exceedinglyclumsy compared to the neattwent ieth-cent ury weapon s. ®lj? $?b?x<\l (§tb\\<xm? *
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