Never for Want of Powder: The Confederate Powder Works in Augusta, Georgia
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (971 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1570036578 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In this comprehensive examination of the powder works, five scholars--a historian, physicist, curator, architectural historian, and biographer--bring their combined expertise to the task of chronicling gunpowder production during the Civil War. Lavishly illustrated with seventy-four color plates and fifty black-and-white photographs and drawings, Never for Want of Powder tells the story of a world-class munitions factory constructed by the Confederacy in 1861, the only large-scale permanent building project undertaken by a government often characterized as lacking modern industrial values. In doing so, they make a major contribution to understanding the history of wartime technology and Confederate ingenuity.
Bragg is the author of Distinction in Every Service: Brigadier General Marcellus A. Stovall, C.S.A. He is internationally known for his research examining the effects of acoustics on the Civil War.Gordon A. and co-author of the critically acclaimed Never for Want of Powder: The Confederate Powder Works in Augusta, Georgia. L. Blaker is a retired armor officer with extensive experience in tank units. C.
dive1tom said Powder making at its best!. If your needing insight to the Souths infrastructure this is your book. Fact: the South never ran out of ammunition. Fact: when Lee surrendered his Army each man had over 75 rounds of ammunition with him. Augusta made the finest powder in the world and this book explains why.. Great Book Me This is a large book full of detailed plates and descriptions of the workings of the powder facility.You will come away with a great appreciation for what it took to set up a successful powder works in a very short time.. A historical treasure trove of information re the Augusta Confederate Powderworks. N. Dillard This was purchased as a birthday gift; it is the 3rd copy of the book I have purchased. One for myself and 2 as gifts. It is a monster size book full of color plates and all sorts of information concerning the people involved in planning building operating and maintaining the Augusta GA Confederate Powderworks that occupied a large area near the Augusta Canal. I learned about the book during a Peter
Hawes Award for best book on Georgia local or county history -- Georgia Historical Society. "The level of effort, size, production values, conceptual completeness, and content itself transcend any ordinary ink and paper effort." -- Civil War Bookshelf"Written by an impressive collection of engineers and historians, the work isremarkable in value to the historian, professional, and amateur." -- Augusta MagazineWinner of the Lilla M