Extracts from my notes written chiefly soon after the close of the war 1865

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Extracts from my notes written chiefly soon after the close of the war 1865

MS 070


Collection Summary
Creator:	Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883.
Collection Name:	Extracts from my notes written chiefly soon after the close of the war
Inclusive Dates:	1865
Physical Description:	.1 linear feet
Abstract:	Josiah Gorgas, 1818-1883, was a General and Chief of Ordnance for the Confederate States Army; later, president of the University of Alabama. A typescript copy of General Gorgas' notes concerning the arms and artillery of the Confederate States Army during the U.S. Civil War.
Collection Number:	MS 070
Language:	Materials are in English.
Repository:	University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Biographical Note

General and Chief of Ordnance for the Confederate States Army; later, president of the University of Alabama.

Scope and Content Note

A typescript copy of General Gorgas' notes concerning the arms and artillery of the Confederate States Army during the U.S. Civil War. He reports on the distribution of rifles and muskets at the beginning of the war; the resources needed to supply the armies with arms and ammunition; the manufacture of infantry, artillery and cavalry equipment; the organization of the Bureau of Ordnance; the transfer of guns to the South; and his role in coordinating everything from his post in Charlotte, North Carolina. He makes observations about specific types of artillery, such as the Napoleon Field Gun and the Borman Fuze, and describes three explosions at Confederate arsenal laboratories. A list of principal issues from the Richmond Arsenal, July 1, 1861 to Jan. 1, 1865, is also included.

A copy of a 1911 letter from Gorgas' son William C. Gorgas to General William Crozier says that President Jefferson Davis used extracts from these notes in a book about the Confederacy.

Typescript copy made at the Birmingham District Ordnance Office, April 8, 1926.

Arrangement

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Restrictions

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Personal Name(s)

Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883.

Corporate Name(s)

Confederate States of America. Army -- Artillery.

Confederate States of America. Army -- Ordnance and ordnance stores.

Geographic Name(s)

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.

Subject(s)

Artillery -- History -- 19th century.

Administrative Information

Credit Line

Extracts from my notes written chiefly soon after the close of the war (MS 070). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Acquired as gift, 1965.

Processing History

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