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Author : George Washington Rains
Release : 1882
Genre : Gunpowder industry
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Book Synopsis History of the Confederate Powder Works by : George Washington Rains
Download or read book History of the Confederate Powder Works written by George Washington Rains. This book was released on 1882. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Washington Rains
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Book Synopsis History of the Confederate Powder Works (Esprios Classics) by : George Washington Rains
Download or read book History of the Confederate Powder Works (Esprios Classics) written by George Washington Rains. This book was released on 2021-02-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Washington Rains (1817 - March 21, 1898) was a United States Army and later Confederate States Army officer. A skilled engineer and inventor; he was instrumental in providing the Confederacy with much-needed gunpowder throughout the American Civil War. He also was the younger brother of fellow Confederate general Gabriel J. Rains. When the American Civil War began Rains joined the Confederate army. George Rains became a major in the Ordnance Department and was tasked to procure, and prospect for, gunpowder ingredients and to initiate the production. His work did much for the establishment of Gen. Isaac M. St. John's Bureau of Nitre and Mining, to which he transferred, in 1862. Being promoted to lieutenant colonel, he went to Augusta, Georgia and established the Confederate Powder works at the Augusta Arsenal.
Author : George Washington Rains
Release : 1882
Genre : Augusta (Ga.)
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Book Synopsis History of the Confederate Powder Works by : George Washington Rains
Download or read book History of the Confederate Powder Works written by George Washington Rains. This book was released on 1882. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Washington Rains
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Book Synopsis History of the Confederate Powder Works by : George Washington Rains
Download or read book History of the Confederate Powder Works written by George Washington Rains. This book was released on 2017-10-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In accepting your invitation to address you on the general history of the Confederate Powder Works, I do so with some hesitation, on account of my close personal connection with a subject which absorbed my thought, time and energies. In the history of a war we find, generally, but little reference to the manufactories engaged in the preparation of material; they had been previously established, and were in active operation before its commencement, their products being immediately available for active operations. An instance can scarcely be found in modern warfare where previous preparations had not been made, and where the necessary manufacturing works did not already exist. The late war was entered upon unexpectedly. Throughout the Southern country it was supposed that the North would not seriously oppose a secession of the States from the Federal compact, hence no previous provision had been made for such contingency, and no material of war gathered. Manufactories existed on a very limited scale, and none for war purposes, hence their speedy erection was of extreme importance, and had to be accomplished under the most unfavorable conditions.
Author : C. L. Bragg
Release : 2007
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Never for Want of Powder by : C. L. Bragg
Download or read book Never for Want of Powder written by C. L. Bragg. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavishly illustrated with seventy-four color plates and fifty black-and-white photographs and drawings, Never for Want of Powder tells the story of a world-class munitions factory constructed by the Confederacy in 1861, the only large-scale permanent building project undertaken by a government often characterized as lacking modern industrial values. In this comprehensive examination of the powder works, five scholars--a historian, physicist, curator, architectural historian, and biographer--bring their combined expertise to the task of chronicling gunpowder production during the Civil War. In doing so, they make a major contribution to understanding the history of wartime technology and Confederate ingenuity. Early in the war President Jefferson Davis realized the Confederacy's need to supply its own gunpowder. Accordingly Davis selected Col. George Washington Rains to build a gunpowder factory. An engineer and West Point graduate, Rains relied primarily on a written pamphlet rather than on practical experience in building the powder mill, yet he succeeded in designing a model of efficiency and safety. He sited the facilities at Augusta, Georgia, because of the city's central location, canal transportation, access to water power, railroad facilities, and relative security from attack. As much a story of people as of machinery, Never for Want of Powder recounts the ingenuity of the individuals involved with the project. A cadre of talented subordinates--including Frederick Wright, C. Shaler Smith, William Pendleton, and Isadore P. Girardey--assisted Rains to a degree not previously appreciated by historians. This volume also documents the coordinated outflow of gunpowder and ammunition, and Rains's difficulty in preparing for the defense of Augusta. Today a lone chimney along the Savannah River stands as the only reminder of the munitions facility that once occupied that site. With its detailed reproductions of architectural and mechanical schematics and its expansive vista on the Confederacy, Never for Want of Powder restores the Augusta Powder Works to its rightful place in American lore.
