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- Aug 25, 2012
I was moving some older Civil War Times magazine tonight and so glanced through some of them. In the April 1967 issue is an article by Henry I. Kurtz; Arms for the South. Kurtz states that "Thanks to shrewd purchases abroad, Confederate soldiers were often bettered armed than Federal troops." With so much additional research over the last 55 years, is this statement still relevant?
The first thing to do is decide if it was true in 1967. What does "often" mean? Would have Kurtz been more accurate if he said "some times Confederate soldiers were bettered armed"? I am not sure just how often Confederate soldiers were better armed than Federal soldiers. Exactly when and where were Confederate soldiers better armed? Next we need to understand if this was due to shrewd weapons purchased abroad.
The first thing to do is decide if it was true in 1967. What does "often" mean? Would have Kurtz been more accurate if he said "some times Confederate soldiers were bettered armed"? I am not sure just how often Confederate soldiers were better armed than Federal soldiers. Exactly when and where were Confederate soldiers better armed? Next we need to understand if this was due to shrewd weapons purchased abroad.