Artifacts,merican the second part of our visit to the National Firearms museum. We join the exam director in the civil war gallery. We are entering the civil war galleries of the National Firearms museum. On my left represents the union and on my left, the confederacy. We see numerous examples of the carbines the union was using. This was a time of rapid advance in firearms design. This is one of the carbines used in the raid on Harpers Ferry by john brown. One of the events that initiated the civil war. This exhibit illustrates the manufacturing might of the north. They could turn out hundreds of thousands of well fitted, well manufactured firearms. Though are ready to go to work. In the back, you see a barrel by smith and wesson from the civil war clear up to the time of world war ii. The manufacturing capability was one of the norths strengths in the civil war. The south on the other hand did not have the industrial might that the north had. As we talked earlier the new , england an
This is one of the carbines used in the raid on Harpers Ferry by john brown. One of the events that initiated the civil war. This exhibit illustrates the manufacturing might of the north. They could turn out hundreds of thousands of well fitted, well manufactured firearms. Though are ready to go to work. In the back, you see a barrel rifling, used by smith and wesson from the civil war clear up to the time of world war ii. The manufacturing capability was one of the norths strengths in the civil war. The south on the other hand did not have the industrial might that the north had. As we talked earlier, the new england and the Connecticut River valley was the home of dozens of gun manufacturers. The springfield, so many were needed by the union army that 33 different manufacturers were turning out the identical rifle for purchase by the union army. The confederates were left up to their own. They had a few places, Harpers Ferry, virginia, when they actually had possession of it. Richmon