BADUNAME47
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Fraud
Apparently, even back then, there were dishonest contractors that would defraud the government! LIke the old saying goes-the more things change the more they stay the same.
I recall reading several first hand accounts from "The War of Northern Aggression" about Yankee soldiers on the battlefield taking .577 caliber ammunition out of the cartridge boxes of dead or wounded Confederate soldiers because they knew that the Southern made ammo was better!
By the way- .58 Caliber was the "Official" Yankee caliber for Rifle-Muskets. Early in the war the Confederacy officially adopted .577 Caliber as their standard!
Also, the Confederacy officially adopted the British Enfield pattern cartridge. The problem was that after the Bath Paper Mills in Carolina burned down due to an accidental fire, there was no paper company in the Confederacy that could produce the high quality paper needed to make the Enfield pattern cartridge. Consequently, the Confederate reverted to the U.S. type of cartridge because it used a lower quality paper that they could obtain.
Apparently, even back then, there were dishonest contractors that would defraud the government! LIke the old saying goes-the more things change the more they stay the same.
I recall reading several first hand accounts from "The War of Northern Aggression" about Yankee soldiers on the battlefield taking .577 caliber ammunition out of the cartridge boxes of dead or wounded Confederate soldiers because they knew that the Southern made ammo was better!
By the way- .58 Caliber was the "Official" Yankee caliber for Rifle-Muskets. Early in the war the Confederacy officially adopted .577 Caliber as their standard!
Also, the Confederacy officially adopted the British Enfield pattern cartridge. The problem was that after the Bath Paper Mills in Carolina burned down due to an accidental fire, there was no paper company in the Confederacy that could produce the high quality paper needed to make the Enfield pattern cartridge. Consequently, the Confederate reverted to the U.S. type of cartridge because it used a lower quality paper that they could obtain.
