{"product_id":"small-arms-at-gettysburg-infantry-and-cavalry-weapons-in-americas-greatest-battle-paperback","title":"Small Arms at Gettysburg: Infantry and Cavalry Weapons in America's Greatest Battle - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph G. Bilby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Effect of Soldiers' Weapons on the Turning Point of the Civil War\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The three-day battle of Gettysburg has probably been the subject of more books and articles than any other comparable event. Surprisingly, until this work, no one has analyzed the firearms and other individual soldier's weapons used at Gettysburg in any great detail. The battle was a watershed, with military weapons technologies representing the past, present, and future--sabers, smoothbores, rifles, and breechloaders--in action alongside each other, providing a unique opportunity to compare performance and use, as well as determining how particular weapons and their deployment affected the outcome and course of the battle. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmall Arms at Gettysburg: Infantry and Cavalry Weapons in America's Greatest Battle \u003c\/i\u003ecovers all of the individual soldier's weapons--muskets, rifle-muskets, carbines, repeaters, sharpshooter arms, revolvers, and swords--providing a detailed examination of their history and development, technology, capabilities, and use on the field at Gettysburg. Here we learn that the smoothbore musket, although beloved by some who carried it, sang its swan song, the rifle-musket began to come into its own, and the repeating rifle, although tactically mishandled, gave a glimpse of future promise. This is the story of the weapons and men who carried them into battle during three days in July 1863.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph G. Bilby\u003c\/b\u003e received his BA and MA degrees in history from Seton Hall University and served as a lieutenant in the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam in 1966-1967. He is a columnist for \u003ci\u003eCivil War News\u003c\/i\u003e and assistant curator at the National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey. He is author of a number of books, including \u003ci\u003eA Revolution in Arms: A History of the First Repeating Rifles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Jersey: A Military History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9.01 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764203520288,"sku":"9781594163906","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d651cfac9c5316e0f3c9e721f84693a7.webp?v=1780245661","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/small-arms-at-gettysburg-infantry-and-cavalry-weapons-in-americas-greatest-battle-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}