General Gorgas, the able chief of the Department, had promised to make his contribution, when his lamented death ended a long and useful career. John, who was so long the chief of the Nitre and Mining Bureau, had promised to secure us such a series of papers from those who were in position to know the facts, and was at work on it with his accustomed energy when death deprived us of his invaluable services. Our gallant and accomplished friend, General I. [We have long desired to secure a series of papers on Confederate Ordnance-the great obstacles with which our Government had to contend, the able and efficient means employed to overcome these obstacles, and the splendid results achieved in the face of difficulties which would have appalled men of less nerve and defeated officers of less skill. The last chapter of the history of Reconstruction inĬontributions to the history of the Confederate Ordnance Department. , Cincinnatti, a fit book to be used in our schools? To the coast-address before the survivors' Association ofĪ Florida boy's experience in prison and in escaping. The last chapter in the history of Reconstruction in Manufacture of infantry, Artillery and cavalry equipments.ĭevelopment of the arsenals, armories and other places of manufacture of Ordnance stores. Reminiscences of the last campaign of the

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