. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . .m. BAYONETS. HOWITZERS AND REVOLVERS OF THE CIVIL WAR DAYS The soldiers are part of Com-])any L of the Second NewYork Heavy Artillery. Theywere armed with rifles pro-\ided with imisket bayonetsThis bayonet was a very ef-fective weapon. The bladewas 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 tliechange of direction, had to bemade very strong. During
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . .m. BAYONETS. HOWITZERS AND REVOLVERS OF THE CIVIL WAR DAYS The soldiers are part of Com-])any L of the Second NewYork Heavy Artillery. Theywere armed with rifles pro-\ided with imisket bayonetsThis bayonet was a very ef-fective weapon. The bladewas 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 tliechange of direction, had to bemade very strong. Duringthe Civil War there was moreactual use of the bayonetthan since, Init the presence
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