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- GLC#
- GLC06159.02
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1864
- Author/Creator
- Confederate States of America. Navy
- Title
- Ordnance instructions for the Confederate States Navy
- Place Written
- London, England
- Pagination
- 1 v. : xix , 280 p. : ill. Height: 24.1 cm, Width: 16.1 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Title continues: "relating to the preparation of vessels of the war for battle, to the duties of officers and others when at quarters, to ordnance and ordnance stores, and to gunnery." Published by order of the Navy Department in London by Saunders, Otley, & Co. at 66 Brook Street, West. Third edition. Book contains 171 pages of text and an appendix of 109 pages (paginated in roman numerals and ending in cix). Index at front provides an alphabetical listing of subjects in the book, ranging from Accoutrements to Exercise to Yeoman. Text contains 14 diagrams of naval guns marked diagram A-N. Various charts are also used to support the text. Appendix contains further charts and illustrations of naval equipment. Crude drawing of a silhouette between pages 164-165. Inside front cover and first page have cryptic scribbles written on them. Binding appears to have been repaired and new leather added.
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