Weapons of Mississippi

CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 8
1. ATLATLS, BOWS AND ARROWS, AND STRIKING WEAPONS: WEAPONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI INDIANS......Page 12
2. GUNS, STEEL, AND FORTS: WEAPONS OF THE EUROPEANS IN MISSISSIPPI......Page 21
3. MILITIAS, OUTLAWS, AND KENTUCKY RIFLES: WEAPONS OF TERRITORIAL MISSISSIPPI......Page 37
4. DUELING AND SLAVERY: WEAPONS OF ANTEBELLUM MISSISSIPPI......Page 52
5. MISSISSIPPI RIFLES: WEAPONS OF MISSISSIPPIANS IN MEXICO......Page 68
6. IRONCLADS AND TORPEDOES: WEAPONS ON THE WATER IN CIVIL WAR MISSISSIPPI......Page 80
7. SIEGE GUNS AND SABERS: WEAPONS ON THE LAND IN CIVIL WAR MISSISSIPPI......Page 93
8. RIFLES, BOWS, AND GUNS: WEAPONS OF MISSISSIPPI HUNTERS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS......Page 125
9. TRAINING CAMPS AND MILITARY MOBILIZATION: WEAPONS OF MISSISSIPPI DURING THE TWO WORLD WARS......Page 152
10. FIREBOMBS AND ROPES: WEAPONS OF TERROR IN MISSISSIPPI......Page 173
11. SHIPS, AIRCRAFT, AND ARTILLERY: WEAPONS OF MISSISSIPPI’S POST–WORLD WAR II MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX......Page 197
12. NUCLEAR TESTING: WEAPONS OF THE ATOMIC AGE IN MISSISSIPPI......Page 212
AFTERWORD......Page 223
NOTES......Page 226
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 250
B......Page 264
C......Page 265
D......Page 266
G......Page 267
I......Page 268
M......Page 269
P......Page 271
S......Page 272
T......Page 273
W......Page 274
Y......Page 275