Can anyone help? Donald Dixon is researching a book on the use of Austro-Hungarian Army (k.k. Army) weapons by the Federals and Confederates in the American Civil War. After the American Springfield rifle musket and the British Enfield rifle muskets, the k.k. Army weapons were the third most widely used arms in the war, with the Federals importing more than 350,000 and the Confederates in excess of 100,000. The Federals could not have fought the war without the k.k. Army weapons through mid-1863, and the Confederates could not have fought the war in 1864-5 without them. Despite this, the arms and their use is very poorly documented in English.
For further information, see: Austro-Hungarian Army Weapons in the American Civil War
Thanks,
David
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