American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume I: Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms

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American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume I: Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms focuses on the arms used from the early exploratory period throughout the colonial period and the American Revolution. Arranged chronologically, it contains definitive descriptions of the pre-flintlock and flintlock shoulder arms used in North America and detailed accounts of the development and progression of military regulation shoulder arms of the major colonial powers from the early eighteenth century through the Revolutionary War. Lavishly illustrated with more than four hundred vivid photographs of muskets, rifles, carbines, and other arms, this book offers an intelligent analysis of the shoulder arms procured and used by the colonists, colonial and state governments, and the Continental Congress. Cover Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction PART I 012. AMERICAN COLONIAL ARMS HISTORY .2 Pre-Colonial Period, 1492–1607 .5 First Colonial Period, 1607–1691 .8 Second Colonial Period, 1691–1775 015. IGNITION SYSTEMS OF COLONIAL ARMS .2 Matchlock .5 Wheel-Lock .8 Flintlock Variations 017. COLONIAL SHOULDER ARMS .A The Harquebus .C Matchlock Muskets .E Wheel-Lock Muskets .G British Snaphance Muskets .I English Lock Muskets .J Swedish Snaplock Musket .K Doglock Muskets .L British 17th-Century and Pre-Land Pattern Flintlock Muskets .N 18th-Century Colonial Militia Muskets .P Colonial Fowler-Muskets .P5 Early 18th-Century Fowler-Musket .P7 Late 18th-Century Fowler-Muskets .R Fowling Guns .R1 17 th-Century Fowlers .R5 Hudson Valley Fowlers .R7 New England Fowlers .R9 Other Fowling Guns .S French Hunting and Trade Guns .T French Buccaneer Guns .V 17th-Century Carbines .V2 Wheel-Lock Carbine .V5 English Snaphance Carbine .V8 Flintlock Carbines .Y 17th-Century Military Blunderbuss Arms PART II 027. DEFINITION OF ARMS BY TYPE, SOURCE, AND ORIGIN .2 Type of Arm .5 Source of Procurement .8 Country of Origin 029. PRIVATELY OWNED ARMS PROCURED DURING THE REVOLUTION 031. MUSKETS PROCURED BY AUTHORITY OF A COLONY OR STATE .2 Committees of Safety .4 Committee of Safety Muskets .6 State Contract Muskets .8 Notes on the Specifications and Procurement of Committee of Safety and State Contract Muskets 035. MUSKETS PROCURED BY AUTHORITY OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS .2 Continental Contract Muskets .5 Continental Use of State Procurement Agencies .8 Sales of Continental Muskets to Individual States 037. CONTINENTAL ARSENALS AND LABORATORIES .2 The First Continental Arsenals .5 The Arsenal and Laboratory at Springfield .8 The Philadelphia Supply Agencies 039. CONTINENTAL MUSKET PARTS PROCUREMENT .2 Imported Musket Parts .5 Musket Parts Fabricated at Continental Facilities .8 Continental Contract Small Arms Components 041. REVOLUTIONARY WAR REPAIR OF ARMS .2 Continental Armorers .4 Continental Factories and Armories .42 The Continental Gun Factory .45 The Continental Armory and French Factory .48 U.S. Armorers .6 Continental Contract Repair of Arms .8 Post-Revolutionary War Repair of Arms 043. "US" IDENTIFICATION OF CONTINENTAL MUSKETS 045. AMERICAN-ASSEMBLED MUSKETS OF BRITISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN STATES' PATTERNS .2 Muskets Containing British Components .5 Muskets Containing American-Made British Pattern Components .8 Muskets Containing French Components .9 Muskets Containing Germanic Components 047. THE AMERICAN LONG RIFLE 048. AMERICAN-ASSEMBLED CARBINES 049. AMERICAN-ASSEMBLED BLUNDERBUSS ARMS PART III 050. FOREIGN SHOULDER ARMS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 053. ARMS CAPTURED DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 055. FOREIGN DIPLOMACY AND ARMS PROCUREMENT DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 057. FOREIGN ARMS PROCURED BY INDIVIDUAL COLONIES 065. BRITISH MILITARY SHOULDER ARMS .A Land Pattern Muskets .A2 Long Land Pattern (Type I) Musket .A4 Long Land Pattern (Type II) Musket .A6 Short Land Pattern Musket .A62 Short Land Pattern Musket (for Dragoons) .A66 Short Land New Pattern Musket .A9 Land Pattern Commercial Sales Muskets .C Sea Service Musket .D Marine or Militia Musket .F Officers' Fusil .H Flank Company Sergeants' Fusil .I Light Infantry Fusil .J Royal Artillery Carbine .K 1770 Dragoon Carbine .L 1756 Light Dragoon Carbine .M Elliot Carbine .O 18th-Century Horseman's Carbines .O2 Queen Anne Period Horseman's Carbine .O7 Horseman's Carbine (from 1757) .R Military Rifles of the Seven Years' War .S Military Rifles of the Revolutionary War .T Ferguson Breechloading Rifle .V Nock Volley Gun .X Blunderbuss and Musketoon Arms .X2 British Late 17th-Century Blunderbuss .X5 British Early 18th-Century Blunderbuss .X8 British Military Revolutionary War Period Blunderbuss .X9 British Quasi-Military 18th-Century Blunderbuss .Y British Foreign Purchase Arms 070. FRENCH ARMS .A Introduction .B Manufacturing Tolerances .C French Regulation Models and Armories .C2 The Configuration of French Arms .C4 Early Naval Muskets .C6 Alterations of French Regulation Arms .C8 French Matchlock Muskets .D 1696 Contract Naval Musket .E 1696 Contract Grenadier Musket .F 1716 Contract Naval Musket .G 1716 Contract Grenadier Musket .H Model 1717 Muskets .H1 Model 1717 Infantry Musket .H2 Model 1717 Rampart Musket .H5 Model 1717 Dragoon Musket .I Model 1728 Muskets .I1 Model 1728 Infantry Musket .I2 Model 1728 Rampart Musket .J 1729 Contract Naval Musket .K 1729 Contract Grenadier Musket .L Model 1734 Dragoon Musket .M Model 1734 Cavalry Musketoon .N Model 1746 Infantry Musket .O Model 1754 Muskets .O1 Model 1754 Infantry Musket .O2 Model 1754 Dragoon Musket .P Model 1763 Infantry Musket .Q Model 1766 Infantry Musket .R Model 1763-1766 Dragoon Muskets .S Model 1763-1766 Cavalry Musketoons .T Model 1767 Hussar's Musketoons .U Model 1770-1771 Infantry Musket .V Model 1770 Artillery Musket .W Model 1773 Infantry Musket .X Model 1774 Infantry Musket .Y Model 1777 Muskets .Y1 Model 1777 Infantry Musket .Y2 Model 1777 Naval Musket .Y3 Model 1777 Ship, Marine, and Colonial Muskets .Y5 Model 1777 Dragoon Musket .Y6 Model 1777 Artillery Musket .Y8 Model 1777 Cavalry and Ship Musketoons 075. LIÈGE ARMS .2 American-Assembled/Repaired Arms with Liège Locks .5 Liège Contract British Short Land New Pattern Muskets 080. DUTCH ARMS .1 Colonial Period .3 Revolutionary War Period .5 Configurations of Dutch Muskets .52 (Type I) Musket .55 (Type II) Musket .58 (Type III) Musket .59 (Type IV) Musket 085. SPANISH ARMS .2 Configurations of Spanish Military Arms .7 Model 1757 Musket .9 Military Escopeta 090. GERMAN STATES' FORCES IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION .3 Hesse Cassel .7 Brunswick and Hesse Hanau 092. GERMAN STATES' MUSKETS .1 German States' Military Small Arms Manufactories .2 Known German States' Procurement Information .4 Prussian Regulation Muskets .42 Model 1713 and Model 1723 Muskets .44 Model 1723–1740 Musket .46 Model 1740 Musket .48 Model 1740–1773 Musket .6 German States' Prussian-Style Muskets 095. JÄGER RIFLES .2 Ansbach-Bayreuth Jäger Rifle .4 Hesse Cassel Jäger Rifle .6 Heller Jäger Rifle .9 Peterson Jäger Rifle APPENDICES 1 BRIEF MILITARY HISTORY OF COLONIAL AMERICA Pre-Colonial Period, 1492–1607 First Colonial Period, 1607–1691 Second Colonial Period, 1691–1775 2 17TH-CENTURY BRITISH ARMY ORGANIZATION AND LINEAR TACTICS IN EUROPE 3 DATES OF WARS AND MILITARY ACTIONS THAT INVOLVED COLONIAL NORTH AMERICAN ARMED FORCES AND THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES 4 REVOLUTIONARY WAR BACKGROUND INFORMATION Summary of Events Leading Up to the American Revolution Brief Chronological Military History of the Revolutionary War 5 SHOULDER ARMS KNOWN IMPORTED DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 6 PERSONNEL IN CHARGE OF SMALL ARMS PROCUREMENT TO 1815 7 CALIBER DESIGNATIONS OF AMERICAN MILITARY SHOULDER ARMS AND AMMUNITION 8 REVOLUTIONARY WAR NAVIES AND PRIVATEERS Glossary A B C F G H J K L M O P Q R S T U V W Bibliography Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z