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Josiah Gorgas

(Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883)

Brigadier General Josiah Gorgas, Confederate States Army, Library of Congress photo from Smithsonian
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Josiah Gorgas (July 1, 1818 – May 15, 1883) was the head of the Confederate States of America Ordance Bureau in the American Civil War, responsible for procuring weapons and ammunition for the Confederate armies; he was a brigadier general at the end of the war. Later, he was president of the University of Alabama. (From Wikipedia)

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  • [Info] Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883, contrib.: The Ordnance Manual, for the Use of the Officers of the Confederate States Army: Prepared Under the Direction of Col. J. Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance, and Approved by The Secretary of War (Charleston, SC: Evans and Cogswell, 1863), by Confederate States of America War Department
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