AMERICAN MILITARY SHOULDER ARMS, VOLUME II: From the 1790s to the End of the Flintlock Period

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Presents data surrounding the procurement and modifications of arms produced by the national armories and by individual members of militias. This information, interwoven with military, political, economic, and social factors, results in better definitions and a clearer understanding of the arms' historical context. Though this work focuses on military flintlock shoulder arms, details on the federal government's procurement of arms for Indians during rapidly changing military policies of the period is also included. Contains more than three hundred photographs. Contains material of interest to historians, museum specialists, collectors, and dealers of antique arms. Contains 365 halftones.