GDG- Captured CS infantry weapon inventory?

[John Gross]

There is no single source for what you want, but some smathering of
information can be found in the following.

Frederick P. Todd's "American Military Equipage 1851-1872, Volume II State
Forces." Note that Todd's has been through a couple of printings and there
are two different Volume II's. The Volume II you need was published by
Chatham Square Press 1983 and BEGINS with page 603.

John Murphy and Howard Madaus' "Confederate Rifles and Muskets" mentions
issuance of arms to many Confederate regiments.

And of course the individual regimental histories may have mention of arms
issued, but this would be labor intensive though not impossible. And do not
ignore the reenactor regiments as some of them have put considerable effort
into correct portrayal of arms and equipement.

The Springfield Armory Museum (Mass.) has some captured Confederate firearms
and if I remember correctly some are from Gettysburg with provenance and may
be listed in their 1909/1925/1939 catalogs (reprinted 1995 into a single
volume).

John Gross
confederate at att.net


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> I am trying to get some info on infantry weapons carried by CS units.
While
> info on Union units is available in detail, CS info seems harder to find.
Most
>  of the sources I have are early war and likely not valid for Gettysburg.
As
> a possible work around, I was wondering if anyone had ever seen an
inventory
> of  the infantry arms picked up after the battle? This would at least give
a
> general  distribution of types carried.  Pointers to more specific sources
> would  also be appreciated. Thanks for any suggestions.
>
> -Jim Weaver
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