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1850 REPORT OF THE COLONEL OF ORDNANCE:
This scarce original printing of the 1850 Report of the
Colonel of Ordnance, Col. G. Talcott, to the US Congress
was, as the practice at the time, part of, and bound
with, the reports from all the other departments in the
US Army, and at some point this twenty-five page chapter
was removed from the full report and maintained
separately.
Predating the more familiar “Chief of
Ordnance Reports” that began during the Civil War, this
earlier version is now bound in an archival binder, the
pages of the report have been well protected and are in
very good condition with no tears, no missing pages and
only minor wrinkles to some of the interior pages.
This
report includes reports from the arsenals such as
Allegheny, Ft. Monroe, Washington, Watertown, and North
Carolina. Details of the work of these arsenals include
the fabrication of arms, accoutrements, artillery pieces
and equipment, gun appendages, ammunition, etc. not only
for the regular army, but also for that material
supplied to the state militias.
The significance of
this document lies not only in the type and quantity of
arms and material provided to the standing army, but
also those materials that were supplied to the states
that would soon be in rebellion, and would be a nice
addition to any Ordnance related collection.
(0124) $175
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