Joe Wells <jwells@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu>
I am a second year graduate student (and former lawyer) at Emory
University doing some research on the social and legal history of guns and
violence in the U.S. I am trying to find a source to confirm or deny
something a colleague told me: that some or all Union soldiers were
permitted to keep some or all of their light weapons after the Civil War.
So far, I have not been able to find any references to the disposition of
government issue weapons during the demobilization in the Congressional
Globe or some of the better known Civil War treatises. Any suggestions on
where I might be able to dig up information on this issue would be much
appreciated.
Thanks,
Joel Wells
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