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Civil War Times Dec.68, Roanoke Island Percy Wyndham Kolb's Farm Ordnance Rifle

Civil War Times Dec.68, Roanoke Island Percy Wyndham Kolb's Farm Ordnance Rifle

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  • Publication Name: Civil War Times
  • Genre: Civil War History
  • Condition: Clean Tight Covers & Staples with Off-White Interior Pages, White Cover May Have Cover Color Rubs. Last One Will Have Slight Spine Wear.
  • Features: Illustrated
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Language: English
  • Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
  • Topic: Military & Civil War
  • Publisher: Primedia

    Description

    Civil War Times Illustrated
    Volume 7 Number 8 December 1968
    Contents:
    Feature Articles:
    4
    Burnside's Roanoke Island Campaign
    When this well-trained Federal amphibious force descended upon them, the weak and divided Confederate defenders did not stand a chance.
    12
    Profile: Sir Percy Wyndham
    This flamboyant English soldier-of-fortune matched wits with Ashby, Stuart, and Mosby.
    20
    The Battle of Kolb's Farm
    Confederate losses in this little-known action of the Atlanta campaign exceeded 1,000. The full story of how Hood launched an unauthorized attack on June 22, 1864 - and was repulsed - did not come out until after the war.
    30
    The 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle
    Thanks to an ingenious Pennsylvanian, the Federal armies had a field gun that was "a dead shot at any distance under a mile."
    37
    First-Person Story of Wheeler's Cavalryman - "We kept fighting and falling back"
    A Confederate horseman tells of his unit's raids on Federal communications in Georgia and of the final days of Wheeler's cavalry in the Carolinas.
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