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Percussion shotgun

Description: A composite gun made from various parts: blacksmith- made trigger guard; copper ramrod holders; wooden ramrod. Stamped on stock at butt: “LEVYON MADE MC LAWS PLANTA. 1841”; lockplate: “GOLCHER”; barrel: “_____PHILAD___”; possibly "slave made”"
Date: 1841
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Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Improvement in Revolving Fire-Arms.

Description: Patent for discharging buckshot without reloading and with the precision of firing "a single bullet fired from a barrel of proper bore to fit it" (lines 17-18), including illustrations.
Date: March 1, 1859
Creator: Haynes, William C.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, January 24, 1864]

Description: Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout, discussing his time with the Confederate Army. He was grateful to receive her letters from home and detailed the marches that he had been enduring. Like many of the other men felt unwell, he felt unwell, and they were preparing for battle when he concluded the first part of his letter. The second part was written the next day after the soldier's new camp had been secured. The men were living off of a diet of oysters that… more
Date: January 24, 1864
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Austin College

[Transcript of Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Junia Roberts Osterhout, January 24, 1864]

Description: Transcript of letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout, discussing his time with the Confederate Army. He was grateful to receive her letters from home and detailed the marches that he had been enduring. Like many of the other men, he felt unwell, and they were preparing for battle when he concluded the first part of his letter. The second part was written the next day after the soldier's new camp had been secured. The men were living off of a diet of oysters th… more
Date: January 24, 1864
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Austin College

[Receipt for issues, May 1, 1864]

Description: Invoice created by Lt. Col. J. S. Platner for 15 unserviceable Starr breech-loading carbines. The issues were received by Platner at Martinsburg, West Virginia from Lt. Hamilton K. Redway. The invoice is dated May 1, 1864.
Date: May 1, 1864
Creator: Platner, Lt. Col. J. S.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Receipt for issues, May 1, 1864]

Description: Invoice created by Lt. Col. J. S. Platner for 15 unserviceable Starr breech-loading carbines. The issues were received by Platner at Martinsburg, West Virginia from Lt. Hamilton K. Redway. The invoice is dated May 1, 1864.
Date: May 1, 1864
Creator: Platner, Lt. Col. J. S.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Instructions for Ordnance Officers and Acting Ordnance Officers at Headquarters of Departments, Armies, Divisions, Brigades, or Districts.

Description: Circular from the War Department containing "General Orders No. 193" to perfect organizing the services of the Ordnance Department, as connected with Armies in the field and the Military Departments, and at the same time securing for that Department the services of a body efficient officers, trained to its special duties. The document includes 10 orders sent by Secretary of War E. D. Townsend as well as the specific orders of George D. Ramsay to complete the orders of Townsend. Two forms are p… more
Date: May 23, 1864
Creator: Ramsay, George D.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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