File:The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14759702461).jpg
DescriptionThe photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14759702461).jpg
Text Appearing Before Image: it Text Appearing After Image: COPYRIGHT 1911, PATRIOT PUB CO. BAYONETS, HOWITZERS AND REVOLVERS OF THE CIVIL WAR DAYS The soldiers are part of Com-pany L of the Second NewYork Heavy Artillery. Theywere armed with rifles pro-vided with musket bayonetsThis bayonet was a very ef-fective weapon. The black-was made of steel, eighteeninches long. To give light-ness and stiffness, its threefaces were grooved in the di-rection of the length, orfluted. The blade wasjoined to the socket, whichfitted over the muzzle, by aneck which, due to thechange of direction, had to bemade very strong. Duringthe < ivil War there was moreactual use of the bayonetthan since, but the presence
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