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  1. The Myth of Intervention and the ACW

    Thank you for telling me what I wrote. However, it has been conclusively proven that American produced iron was not available in sufficient quantities after August 1862, and indeed until the secret of making suitable iron was stolen from the British. Contemporary ironfounders had far more...

  2. The Myth of Intervention and the ACW

    I published these essays over five months ago; I clear my cache once a week. Furthermore, you don't even have to click the hyperlink to find the report: you can search for it yourself using the full name and title, which is given in each case. The hyperlink not working doesn't make the...

  3. The Myth of Intervention and the ACW

    One ‘A’, two ‘U’s. It’s not difficult. This is false. I’ve checked every link in all three of my essays in both of the locations where they’ve been posted, and they all work. There is only one case where the footnote doesn’t support the text: footnote 28 in the ‘Executive Document 99’ essay...

  4. 1860s Army Comparison

    Executive Document 99 ‘Our great want to speedily crush this rebellion is guns. We have an abundance of men.’[1] ‘It is very desirable that all the guns contracted for in Europe should be sent to us as soon as possible. We need them to complete the arming of our forces and to provide for...

  5. 1860s Army Comparison

    A further note on barrels ‘although we might justly boast of our twenty millions of population, we would be compelled to flee before their armies for the want of arms to defend ourselves. Suppose fifty thousand troops were to march now from Canada to the interior of New England or New York; how...

  6. 1860s Army Comparison

    Well, "bounty volunteers" probably means "people who have joined for the bounties which the Federal government have been paying for almost two years, instead from the patriotism which the author believes should have motivated them". No, it doesn't: The Conscription Act that passed Congress on...

  7. 1860s Army Comparison

    Final conclusions Undoubtedly there will be objections, nationalistic or otherwise, towards this analysis. The Royal Navy’s blockade would never have been absolute, though the incomplete Union blockade managed to sever the Confederacy’s arms supplies fairly effectively. The British commercial...

  8. 1860s Army Comparison

    Section 3a: Projections Though the evidence is necessarily imperfect, we now have a reasonably broad coverage of the States of the Union in both indicative and calculated results: so far, we have seen nothing which might lead us to conclude that the calculated results are unrepresentative of...

  9. 1860s Army Comparison

    Section 3: Completeness of evidence To establish the completeness of the calculations above, we must consider how representative the states examined are. On a numerical basis, the two most accessible statistics are the total number of Union regiments raised by these states during the war, and...

  10. 1860s Army Comparison

    Section 2h: Summary Summarising the above statistics clearly shows that the picture at the national level is consistent with the picture at the state level. In the event of a Trent war, these seven states alone would have fallen short of their arms requirements for 1862 by almost 165,000...

  11. 1860s Army Comparison

    Section 2f: Maine Unfortunately for Maine, situated on the front line of any potential conflict between the US and Britain, its weapon situation was no better than its southern neighbours. In fact, the failure of Maine to properly equip its troops was already being noted before the Trent was...

  12. 1860s Army Comparison

    Section 2e: New Jersey New Jersey’s record in 1861 was less than stellar, issuing 95 rifles and 7,982 muskets to its regiments of three-year volunteers.[66] 1862 saw a slight improvement, with only 2,790 muskets (23.5%) issued.[67] However, this was achieved only thanks to substantial imports...

  13. 1860s Army Comparison

    Section 2d: Iowa At the outbreak of war, Iowa’s arsenal reflected the low priority previously given to the state militias: it was empty. The state had received a total of 3,890 muskets and 290 rifles, with the latter including 115 M1841s specifically listed as ‘Harpers Ferry,’ and 34 included...

  14. 1860s Army Comparison

    Section 2c: Massachusetts As highlighted above, Massachusetts was also fortunate enough to buy Enfield rifles on the open market: many famous Massachusetts regiments, including the 54th, were armed with these guns.[51] The report for the year ended December 1861 showed that the state received...

  15. 1860s Army Comparison

    Section 2b: Ohio Ohio produced more troops per capita than any other state in the Union: unfortunately, it lacked the infrastructure to equip them. In October 1861, Sherman complained to the President that Ohio troops were standing idle for want of arms; the Ohio governor made the same...

  16. 1860s Army Comparison

    Section 2a: New York For decades, European travellers had praised New York as a hub of industry and commerce. Unfortunately, when war broke out New York proved no better placed to supply itself than other states. As the New York Adjutant-General reported, ‘In regard to arms, those obtained from...

  17. 1860s Army Comparison

    Section 2: State procurement The Union war effort was carried on jointly by Federal and State authorities, often in an inefficient and confusing way. When hostilities broke out, Ordnance Department officials sent to Europe to purchase weapons found themselves competing with agents sent by...

  18. 1860s Army Comparison

    Section 1: Federal procurement When war broke out, the 437,433 longarms available to the Federal government were, on average, well behind the state of the military art for the early 1860s. No more than 40,000 of these weapons were the most modern .58 M1855 rifles and rifled muskets, and the...

  19. 1860s Army Comparison

    Rifles, trade and blockade: Union military capacity in a Trent War. ‘The Northern States have been well supplied with the most efficient means of warfare from this country, through the agency of some most influential persons.’[1] Index Preface Section 1: Federal procurement Section 2: State...

  20. 1860s Army Comparison

    There absolutely were bounty volunteers: Congress authorised a $100 Federal bounty on 4 May 1861. This was topped up by the states on the basis of supply and demand, so that by the late 1862 drive New York was offering $50 while Massachusetts offered $200. More importantly, there were also...
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