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857 Series III Volume II- Serial 123 - Union Letters, Orders, Reports

Page 857 UNION AUTHORITIES.

RECAPITULATION - ORDNANCE, SMALL-ARMS, AND STORES PURCHASED.

Cannon........................................

Projectiles...................................
$4,484,017.78

Carriages.....................................

Small-arms of all kinds....................... 14,690,002.64

Accouterments, harness, &c................... 9,227,981.67

Gunpowder, lead, ammunition................... 4,756,311.90

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Amount expended in purchases.................. 33,158,313.99

Statement of principal articles fabricated at the arsenals during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1862.

Field carriages of all kinds and calibers......... 309

Siege carriages of all kinds and calibers......... 321

Sea-coast and garrison carriages of all kinds and calibers.......................................... 212

Mortar beds....................................... 140

Traveling forges.................................. 9

Battery wagons.................................... 1

Sets artillery harness for two horses each........ 2,162

Pack-saddles and harness for mountain howitzer.... 309

Horse equipments, complete..................sets.. 3,780

Nose-bags......................................... 24,028

Cavalry accouterments...................sets..... 13,048

Infantry accouterments.....................do.... 15,799

Field ammunition, various calibers.....rounds..... 627,752

Siege ammunition, various calibers..........do.... 56,416

Sea-coast ammunition, various calibers......do.... 64,378

War rockets....................................... 714

Cannon cartridges without projectiles............. 503,133

Forges of all kinds............................... 791,904

Friction-tubes.................................... 2,519,340

Percussion-caps................................... 39,086,600

Rifle cartridges..................................136,726,310

Muskets cartridges................................ 51,497,845

Carbine cartridges................................ 15,748,000

Pistol cartridges................................. 16,629,461

Blank cartridges.................................. 14,367,247


Numbers 1.- CANNON AND MORTARS.

Field Siege Sea- Total.

guns. guns. coast

gun and

mortars.

On hand at the beginning 231 544 1,508 2,283

of the rebellion

Purchased since 1,608 211 302 2,121

Total stock 1,839 755 1,810 4,404

Issued from the arsenals 1,373 553 1,206 3,132

Remaining on hand at the 466 202 604 1,272

arsenals June 30, 1862

[1861]

Remaining on hand at the 484 249 679 1,412

arsenals June 30, 1863

[1862]


Numbers 2.- CANNON BALLS, SHELLS, AND OTHER PROJECTILES.

Field. Siege. Sea- Total

coast.

On hand at the 90,199 131,036 14,356 363,591

beginning of the

rebellion

Purchased since 813,272 135,729 361,748 1,310,749

beginning of the

rebellion

Total stock 903,471 266,765 504,004 1,674,411

Issued from the 829,361 146,000 322,050 1,297,411

arsenals

Remaining on hand at 74,110 120,765 182,054 376,929

the arsenals June

30, 1862 [1861]

Remaining on hand at 474,515 594,893 111,341 1,

the arsenals June 180,749

30, 1863 [1862


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