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in world history<br />
the roll of huiaaa<br />
*courage. Men gmec fought harder,<br />
.and General said his gray a&,<br />
. biaaternat army came close to aehiev- ,<br />
ing a military miracle. The stcm'y3JE k-<br />
the general and the Confederate<br />
i~ well known, Bit thfrrifles of Cfiw~:<br />
federate iafantryà the weapons<br />
' which hinged the &trocess or failure -4 ,<br />
southern military pow&, are dmofit -<br />
unknown. ' ?-<br />
AÃ late as the spring of 1862, Ac<br />
Confederacy was near collapse for<br />
lack of munitions of war. Soon there-<br />
after, almost miraculously, adequate<br />
supplies of arms were always on hand.<br />
through the southern states, goea the<br />
credit for achieving the impossible.<br />
Ploughshares were literally beaten into<br />
: swords, aad for shooting ipps, die<br />
different tune when they were melted<br />
down and moulded into weapons of<br />
b ."<br />
Richmond rifle, Virginia Manufactory musket, and Palmetto<br />
Armory cap-locks (1. to r.) were main Southern-made long gun
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