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Performed During The Years 1825 And 1826.
This is the first volume of a four-volune work. The total work
represents the culmination of more than twenty years of painstaking
research. It is an exhaustive delineation, in words and pictures,
of every aspect of the attire and equipment of that most exciting
of all United States military forces - the cavalry.Volume I covers
the Revolutionary period, with a detailed account of the ""sires""
of the United States Cavalry, the Continental Light Dragoons. Then
come the War of 1812 and the formation of the United States Mounted
Ranger Battalion, and later the United States Dragoons. The
uniforms, insignia, decorations, arms, horse equipment,
accoutrements, and saddles are described and profusely illustrated
in 11 color plates and 96 black-and-white drawings. Appended are
sections defining the nomenclature of the horse, horse equipment,
and arms, as well as a roster of cavalry bugle calls. In the work
Steffen, a widely renowned military artist and historian, presents
American military history from a perspective until now only
superficially viewed. Historians, military specialists, and
researchers will find a wealth of hard-to-find detail. The author's
color plates and meticulously detailed drawings, reproduced from
actual uniforms and equipment and official government
specifications, show us the cavalryman as he actually looked,
wherever he was stationed, whatever his war, wherever he was sent
to be a horse soldier for his country.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
Comprising Early Voyages And Discoveries, Colonial And
Revolutionary Tracts, The Indians, Western Exploration, The Civil
War, Early Imprints, And Plans, Maps And Views.
The M4 Carbine and its variants fire 5.56 x 45mm NATO ammunition
and are gas-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed, selective fire
firearms with a 4-position telescoping stock. The M4 can trace its
lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16, all based on
the original AR-15 made by ArmaLite. It is a shorter and lighter
version of the M16A2 assault rifle, with selective fire options
including semi-automatic and three-round burst. Used predominantly
by US forces, and by many special forces around the world, this
book provides an illustrated history of its design, development and
operational history, including its use in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Official Souvenir Of The Thirty-Sixth Annual Encampment Of The
Grand Army Of The Republic.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
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