. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . in efforts were directed toward providing thesame types of materiel that had theretofore been manufacture of arms at the national armories was reducedas rapidly as consistent with the economic interests of the Gov-ernment. With a view to changing the old muzzle-loadersto breech-loaders, extensive experiments were made, but hadnot, by that time, produced any satisfactory results. The Sec-retarv of War recognized that the importance of the matterdemanded th
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . in efforts were directed toward providing thesame types of materiel that had theretofore been manufacture of arms at the national armories was reducedas rapidly as consistent with the economic interests of the Gov-ernment. With a view to changing the old muzzle-loadersto breech-loaders, extensive experiments were made, but hadnot, by that time, produced any satisfactory results. The Sec-retarv of War recognized that the importance of the matterdemanded that time be taken in reaching a decision, and in-sisted that no model which had defects of well-known characterbe accepted. The department had permitted about five thou-sand of the Spring-fields to be altered to suit a plan tentativelyadopted, and these rifles were issued to troops, but at the timeof the cessation of hostilities these were still undergoing tests,and the plan had not been found satisfactory. There were one million Springfields on hand in the armor-ies, and about one-half million captured muskets of domestic.
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