The Destroying Angel: The Rifle-Musket as the First Modern Infantry Weapon Gibbons Brett
The Destroying Angel: The Rifle-Musket as the First Modern Infantry Weapon Gibbons Brett On the battlefields of the Crimean War, William Howard Russell described the new weapon in the hands of…
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The Destroying Angel: The Rifle-Musket as the First Modern Infantry Weapon Gibbons Brett
On the battlefields of the Crimean War, William Howard Russell described the new weapon in the hands of British troops -- the rifle-musket -- as "the Destroying Angel" that swept away their Russian foes. Drawing upon a wealth of previously unidentified primary sources, Gibbons examines the rifle-musket and it's role in not just the American Civil War, but also the Crimean War, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and the Italian Wars of Unification. In a response to the popular belief among current historians that the rifle-musket's impact on military history was very limited, Brett Gibbons argues that the rifle-musket was in fact the first modern infantry weapon.
Gibbons considers a number of historical battles, from well-known He compellingly demonstrates that the rifle-musket forever changed the way battles are fought, and just as importantly, revolutionized the way soldiers are trained.