“Captured & Collected” Confederate Reissued Firearms by Steven W Knott Signed

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“Captured & Collected” Confederate Reissued Firearms
By Steven W Knott
Signed by the author - Published in 2019.
This monograph examines the Confederate system used to recover, clean and repair, inspect, and reissue over 200,000 small arms of all types “captured and collected” from the battlefields of the Civil War. Moreover, the Confederate Ordnance Bureau final inspection stamps applied to these reissued guns are described in detail for the first time. Specifics include:
• Over 60 high-resolution color photos of Confederate reissued firearms and relevant ordnance documents.
• Identification of all currently known markings: A, F, Q, T, and Z.
• New information on the significant repair facilities involved in the process: Richmond Armory; Richmond Arsenal and Artillery Workshop; Danville Arsenal; Lynchburg Arsenal; and the Staunton Ordnance Depot.
• Key ordnance staff officers assigned to cleaning and repair production.
• Examples of both Confederate manufactured and captured Union small arms.
Product Details:
• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, PA (2019)
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 978-1-57747-184-4
• Product Dimensions: Portrait format; 8.5 x 11 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
About the Author:
A native of Virginia, CAPT Steven W. Knott, USN (Ret.), is a lifelong student of the American Civil War. Following his graduation from Hampden-Sydney College in 1982 and initial career as a high school history teacher, he entered military service in 1984. Earning is aviator’s wings in 1986, Captain Knott served 28 years in the U.S. Navy prior to his retirement in 2012. His numerous deployments include duty in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Gulf, and Somalia. As the commanding officer of a helicopter squadron based in Norfolk, Virginia, his unit received recognition during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. In his final assignment, Captain Knott served as an instructor at the U.S. Army War College where he taught leadership, strategy formulation, and history to senior military officers and civilian executives from government. He has conducted well over 200 leadership and historical seminars at Gettysburg, Antietam, and Civil War sites in Virginia. Captain Knott currently serves as the U.S. Army War College Advancement Officer and he conducts strategic leadership educational programs at Civil War and World War II battlefields for governmental and corporate organizations.