Weapons of Mississippi

INDEX

255 INDEX action, 119–20 Adams, John, 28 Adams County, Mississippi, 177–78, 183 Aegis Combat System, 194 Afghanistan, war in, 159, 196, 198 agricultural characteristics, of Mississippi, vii, 144, 162, 189 Airplane and Engine Mechanics School, 160–61 Alabama River, 37, 38, 40 Alamo, 48, 61 all-welded ship construction, 144, 147–48 American Women’s Welding Championship, 150 Anderson, Billy Ray, 206, 208 Anderson, Vera, 150–51, 215 Anti-Dueling Society of Mississippi, 44 Armed Forces Training CenterOrdnance , 152 armor, 9, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 26, 81 Armstrong Tire and Rubber Company, 177 Army Corps of Engineers, 121, 190, 204 artillery, Civil War, 84–85, 91, 98–105, 112–15 asymmetric warfare, 72, 74, 76, 79–80, 81, 82–83, 97 atlatl, vii, 3–6, 10, 215 Atomic Energy Commission, 204, 205, 210 Atoms for Peace, 210 axes, 9, 15, 21 B-17 Flying Fortress, 161 B-24 Liberator, 144, 160–62 BAE Systems, 188, 197–99, 201 Baker, Joshua, 32 Balance Agriculture with Industry Plan, 144, 146–47, 151, 188 Barbour, Haley, 201 Barnett, Ross, 165 bastion (part of fort), 22–23, 24 Battery De Golyer, 100 Battery Selfridge, 98–99 “Battle of Oxford,” 165 Baxterville, Mississippi, 205 bayonets, 64–65, 88–89, 111 bear (hunting), 127–30 Bearss, Edwin, 81, 86, 104 Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 110 INDEX 256 Beckworth, Byron de la, 178 Bell, Tyree, 111 Beltzhoover, D., 104 Benelli Nova, 131 Berdan, Hiram, 95 Biloxi, Mississippi, 144, 160, 198 Biloxi Indians, 22, 24, 27 Birdsong, Richard, 152–53 Bishop, Bill, 209 black powder, 77, 92, 108, 129–30, 133–34 blacks, in the weapons-related Mississippi work force, 151–52, 157–58 Blair, Francis, 90 Blakely, Alexander, 104 Blanchard, Alfred, 45–47 Blanchard, Carey, 45–47 blowguns, 7, 215 Bodley, John, 44 Bolivar County, Mississippi, 51 bolt-action, 119–20 Bowie, Jim, 46–48, 58 Bowie, Rezin, 47–48 Bowie knives, 46–49, 54, 65, 67 bows and arrows, vii, 6–7, 13, 17, 20, 21, 26, 37, 40–41, 116, 132–33, 142, 215, 216 Boyd, Mike, 130 Bradley, Norma, 173 Brandon, Gerald, 161 Brandon, Mississippi, 169 Braun, Louis, 160 breastworks, in combination with rifles, 89 Brecon Bag Loading Plant, 151–52 breech-loading rifles, 95, 108 Brice’s Crossroads, Battle of, 86, 107–8, 111–14 Brice’s Crossroads National Battlefield, 215 Brookhaven, Mississippi, 125, 169 Brown, Isaac, 76 Brown Bess musket, 68 Browning, John, 172 Browning automatic rifle, 155, 158 Browning automatic 16 gauge, 139 Browning Model B-80, 134 Bruinsburg, Mississippi, 89 Bryant, Carolyn, 171 Bryant, Roy, 171, 173 Buena Vista, Battle of, vii, 60, 65–68, 70, 112 Burge, Horace, 207 Burris, Bennett, 119 Burris, Forrest, 118–20, 122, 123 C3 cargo ships, 144, 148–49 Caldwell, Isaac, 44 Calhoun, John, 70 canister, 74, 112–13 Camp McCain, 144, 147 Camp Shelby, 143–44, 150, 152, 153, 154– 59, 198–99, 201, 214, 215, 216 Camp Van Dorn, 144, 157 carbines, 86, 96, 108–9, 115, 159 Carmichael, Stokely, 180–81 carriage, artillery, 112 Carson, Joseph, 38–41 Cassels, Major, 38–39 “Castle Doctrine,” 140 cavalry, Civil War, 85–86, 96, 105–15 Cave-in-Rock, 31 Cavelier, René-Robert, 14 centralization, theme of, viii, 3, 4, 12, 14, 28, 29, 41–42, 57, 58, 82, 83, 87, 176, 186, 205, 214 Centreville, Mississippi, 144, 181, 182 Champion Hill, Battle of, 89 Cherokee Indians, 26 Chickasaw Indians, 26, 118 INDEX 257 Chickasawhay River, 168 Childs, Joshua, 44 Choctaw Indians, 9–10, 39 choke, 135–36 Civil Rights Act of 1964, 165, 177 Civil War, U.S., 49, 69–70, 71–83, 84–115, 128 Claiborne, Ferdinand Leigh, 29, 38–40 Claiborne, William, 30, 32, 60 Claiborne County, Mississippi, 183 Clark, Charles, 51, 53 Clark, George Rogers, 31 Clarksdale, Mississippi, 144 Clawson, Rick, 136–38 Cleburne, Patrick, 96 Clinton, Mississippi, 44, 140 code duello, 44 code noir, 54, 179 “Coehorn Mortar,” 93, 114 Cold War, vii, 189, 205, 207, 209, 213 Collier, Holt, 128–30 Colt .45 caliber, 172–73 Colt revolvers (Civil War era), 49, 65, 86, 109–11, 115 Columbia, Mississippi, 110–11, 144, 146 Columbiads (artillery), 74, 85, 98–100 Columbus, Christopher, 12 Columbus, Mississippi, 188, 199–201 Columbus Air Force Base, 200 compound bow, 133 “Confederate Colts,” 109 Congress of Racial Equality, 180, 184, 185 conquistadors, vii, 11, 12–21, 214 control, theme of, vii, 3, 27, 41, 43...