Weapons of Mississippi

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CONTENTS vii INTRODUCTION 3 1. ATLATLS, BOWS AND ARROWS, AND STRIKING WEAPONS WEAPONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI INDIANS 12 2. GUNS, STEEL, AND FORTS WEAPONS OF THE EUROPEANS IN MISSISSIPPI 28 3. MILITIAS, OUTLAWS, AND KENTUCKY RIFLES WEAPONS OF TERRITORIAL MISSISSIPPI 43 4. DUELING AND SLAVERY WEAPONS OF ANTEBELLUM MISSISSIPPI 59 5. MISSISSIPPI RIFLES WEAPONS OF MISSISSIPPIANS IN MEXICO 71 6. IRONCLADS AND TORPEDOES WEAPONS ON THE WATER IN CIVIL WAR MISSISSIPPI 84 7. SIEGE GUNS AND SABERS WEAPONS ON THE LAND IN CIVIL WAR MISSISSIPPI vi CONTENTS 116 8. RIFLES, BOWS, AND GUNS WEAPONS OF MISSISSIPPI HUNTERS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS 143 9. TRAINING CAMPS AND MILITARY MOBILIZATION WEAPONS OF MISSISSIPPI DURING THE TWO WORLD WARS 164 10. FIREBOMBS AND ROPES WEAPONS OF TERROR IN MISSISSIPPI 188 11. SHIPS, AIRCRAFT, AND ARTILLERY WEAPONS OF MISSISSIPPI’S POST–WORLD WAR II MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX 203 12. NUCLEAR TESTING WEAPONS OF THE ATOMIC AGE IN MISSISSIPPI 214 AFTERWORD 217 NOTES 241 BIBLIOGRAPHY 255 INDEX ...