Mines and Minié Balls

Mines and Minié Balls
Author: Jean F. Blashfield
Publisher:
Total Pages: 63
Release: 1997
Genre: United States
ISBN: 9780531202739

Describes the various weapons developed and used during the Civil War, such as longarms, handguns, swords, cannons, naval weapons, and mines, and explores that era as the beginning of modern weaponry.

Arming the Confederacy

Arming the Confederacy
Author: Robert C. Whisonant
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2015-02-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319145088

This is a fresh look at the American Civil War from the standpoint of the natural resources necessary to keep the armies in the field. This story of the links between minerals, topography, and the war in western Virginia now comes to light in a way that enhances our understanding of America’s greatest trial. Five mineral products – niter, lead, salt, iron, and coal – were absolutely essential to wage war in the 1860s. For the armies of the South, those resources were concentrated in the remote Appalachian highlands of southwestern Virginia. From the beginning of the war, the Union knew that the key to victory was the destruction or occupation of the mines, furnaces, and forges located there, as well as the railroad that moved the resources to where they were desperately needed. To achieve this, Federal forces repeatedly advanced into the treacherous mountainous terrain to fight some of the most savage battles of the War.

Nomenclature 4.0 for Museum Cataloging

Nomenclature 4.0 for Museum Cataloging
Author: Paul Bourcier
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 753
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1442250992

Nomenclature 4.0 for Museum Cataloging is an updated and expanded edition of Robert G. Chenhall’s system for classifying human-made objects, originally published in 1978. The Chenhall system is the standard cataloging tool for thousands of museums and historical organizations across the United States and Canada. For this fourth edition, hundreds of new terms have been added, and every category, class, sub-class, and object term has been reviewed and revised as needed by a professional task force appointed by the American Association for State and Local History. This new edition features crucial revisions including: • A revised and updated users’ guide with new tips and advice • An expanded controlled vocabulary featuring nearly 950 new preferred terms • 475 more non-preferred terms in the index • An expanded and reorganized section on water transportation • Expanded coverage of exchange media, digital collections, electronic devices, archaeological and ethnographic objects, and more

Virginia Geographic Names

Virginia Geographic Names
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.). Branch of Geographic Names
Publisher:
Total Pages: 654
Release: 1981
Genre: Names, Geographical
ISBN: