Riam phom thiab tuam txhab. Thiab nws zoo li ntawd. Thaum Tsov Rog Zaum Ob ntawm Sab Qaum Teb thiab Sab Qab Teb pib, cov neeg sab qab teb, ua rau lawv xav tsis thoob, pom sai heev tias lawv muaj lub siab tawv txaus, tab sis cov riam phom tsis meej. Ntxiv mus, lawv tsis muaj qhov yuav los yuav nws, vim tias cov xeev sab qab teb ntawm cov neeg nyob sab qaum teb tam sim raug teeb meem tub rog.
Yog lawm, tsis muaj kev thaiv uas yuav tsis tuaj yeem tawg, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau yav hmo ntuj tsis muaj hmo ntuj. Thiab nws muaj peev xwm xa cov paj rwb mus rau qhov chaw zom zaws ntawm Liverpool thiab Manchester. Thiab muag nws rau tus nqi zoo, tab sis tom qab ntawd kuv yuav tsum xaiv. Tom qab tag nrho, Lub Koom Haum xav tau tsis yog cov phom thiab rab phom nkaus xwb, tab sis kuj tseem siv tshuaj rau cov neeg raug mob, ntawv tooj liab, cov tshuaj mercury (lossis tshuaj ntsiav rau phom thiab rab phom). Lawv xav tau daim ntaub rau khaub ncaws, hnab looj tes rau cov tub ceev xwm, tsom iav, tsom iav, kaus mom rau tub ceev xwm tus poj niam. Hauv ib lo lus, muaj ntau heev nyob rau hauv tag nrho uas nws yooj yim tsis tuaj yeem nyem nws tag nrho rau hauv qhov hnyav me me ntawm Baltimore schooners (uas yog, vim tias lawv qhov ua tau zoo, lawv feem ntau dhau los ua cov nkoj nkag).
Tsuas muaj ib yam nkaus xwb: qhib kev tsim riam phom. Thiab raws li tus qauv coj riam phom ntawm sab nraud, uas yog qhov txawv los ntawm cov yam ntxwv hauv qab no: kev tsim khoom siab thiab lub zog tua hluav taws.
Thiab nws tsis yog qhov xav tsis thoob uas sai sai no tus tswv ntawm ntau qhov kev cob qhia me me nyob rau sab qab teb tau hloov pauv lawv mus rau kev tsim cov khoom lag luam tub rog, thiab siab dua txhua rab phom. Thiab niaj hnub no peb zaj dab neeg yuav hais txog cov neeg no thiab lawv cov phom.
Diav rawg thiab riam thiab rab phom zoo
Nov yog li cas. Hmo ua ntej Tsov Rog Zaum Ob, Thomas Leach pauv cov paj rwb, thiab Charles H. Rigdon tsim cov nplai. Tom qab ntawd lawv tsis muaj dab tsi ua nrog rab phom. Tab sis thaum lawv sib koom ua ke, lawv muaj peev xwm tsim tau rau Confederation ib qho ntawm cov phom loj tshaj plaws ntawm lub sijhawm, uas tuaj yeem yooj yim sib tw nrog Colt Marine rab phom ntawm 1851 (uas nws yog daim ntawv zoo).
Leach kuj tau tsim cov phom ntev hu ua Thomas Leach & Co., Memphis, Tennessee. Thiab xyoo 1861 nws tau tsim lub tuam txhab Memphis Novelties, tshwj xeeb hauv kev tsim cov riam phom tub rog. Los ntawm txoj kev, Confederate rooj riam nrog lawv cov npe tau muaj sia nyob txog niaj hnub no.
Txog lub Tsib Hlis xyoo 1862, lub tuam txhab raug hu ua Leech & Rigdon. Thiab nws nyob hauv Columbus, Mississippi. Cov koom tes tau tswj hwm kom xaus daim ntawv cog lus nrog tsoomfwv ntawm lub xeev kev sib koom tes rau kev tsim tawm 1,500 Colt-Marine rab phom nyob rau xyoo 1851. Thiab txoj haujlwm pib rhaub. Twb tau nyob rau lub Kaum Ib Hlis 26, 1862, cov koom tes muaj 75 rab phom uas tau npaj ua tiav hauv lawv txhais tes, uas lawv tau xa tam sim rau cov tub rog. Thiab tom qab ntawd, vim yog kev hem thawj los ntawm cov neeg nyob sab qaum teb, lub tuam txhab tau pauv mus rau Greensboro, Georgia. Kev tsim cov riam phom tub rog raug tso tseg. Thiab txhua qhov kev siv zog tau tsom mus rau kev tso tawm ntawm rab phom. Txog thaum lub sijhawm kev koom tes ntawm Leach thiab Rigdon xaus rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis 1863, lawv tau tsim txog 1,000 rab phom. Tab sis vim li cas lawv txoj kev koom tes xaus li tam sim ntawd tsis paub.
Tab sis Charles Rigdon tau tuaj yeem yuav tag nrho cov tuam txhab cov cuab yeej siv, khaws cov neeg ua haujlwm thiab rov qhib lub tsev cog khoom hauv Augusta, Georgia. Nyob ntawd nws tau koom nrog Jesse A. Ansley thiab ob lwm tus koom tes, nrog leej twg nws tsim Rigdon, Ansley & K.
Txij li lub tuam txhab ua tiav daim ntawv cog lus nrog tsoomfwv ntawm Confederation rau 1500 rab phom, qhov kev txiav txim tshiab tau ua raws. Tab sis tam sim no kev tsim cov phom ntev nruab nrog 12-lub tog raj kheej tau pib lawm. Lawv tau paub hnub no tias yog rab phom Rigdon thiab Ansley, uas tsawg dua 1,000 tau ua los ntawm Lub Ib Hlis 1865.
Thaum cov tub rog ntawm Asmeskas Tus Thawj Coj Sherman tau tawm tsam Georgia thaum lub Ib Hlis xyoo 1865 thiab pib lawv lub npe nrov "taug kev mus rau hiav txwv", Rigdon kaw nws lub hoobkas. Zoo, thaum lub Plaub Hlis 14, 1865, Tsov Rog Zaum Ob tau xaus hauv Appomattox.
Qhov phom sij tsis txaus ntseeg tshaj plaws ntawm Confederation
Ntawm cov phom uas ua los ntawm Confederates, cov no tau zais rau hauv qhov tsis paub. Nws ntseeg tias lawv tau tsim ntawm tsob ntoo hauv Augusta, Georgia. Tab sis vim yog qhov tseeb tias lawv tsis muaj lub khw muag khoom lub thwj cim, nws tsis tuaj yeem hais meej tias lub Hoobkas no tau ua tsawg kawg ib rab phom. Lub tuam txhab hu ua "Augusta Machine-Building Plant". Tab sis tsis muaj ib tus neeg keeb kwm Asmeskas tswj xyuas seb yam khoom siv tub rog no tau tsim los ntawm tsob ntoo twg.
Xijpeem, muaj rab phom, uas suav tias yog "riam phom los ntawm Augusta". Nws kuj tseem yog qhov piv txwv tseeb ntawm Navy 1851 Colt, nrog tib lub tog raj kheej octagonal, ua kom tus neeg saib xyuas, tus ncej tooj dag thiab qib rau kev tswj lub mos txwv nruj. Nws yog qhov tseeb tias (yog tias tsis yog rau kev ua tsov ua rog) Colt yuav tau foob tam sim ntawd lub chaw tsim khoom ntawm rab phom. Tab sis thaum lub xyoo ua tsov rog nyob rau thaj tsam ntawm Confederation, txhua lub chaw tsim khoom tuaj yeem ua qhov nws xav tau.
Cov qauv paub paub tau nruab nrog lub nruas nrog rau rau qhov kho qhov muag. Thiab lwm tus nrog 12 lub ntsej muag. Qhov ntawd yog qhov sib txawv tag nrho. Feem ntau muaj cov lej sib dhos, tab sis tsis muaj cov lej hauv cov phom.
Feem ntau cov phom me me (raws li qhov ntau) tau muab piv rau Columbus rab phom, uas paub tias tau tsim tawm hauv ib puas daim. Thiab txij li tseem muaj ntau tus neeg tawm tsam Augusta muaj txoj sia nyob ntau dua li Columbus rab phom, qee qhov xav tias muaj tsawg kawg 100 ntawm lawv. Los ntawm txoj kev, qhov pov thawj nkaus xwb uas tau thim tawm ntawm Augusta Machine Building Plant yog tsab ntawv los ntawm qee yam Wilson, tus tuav ntaub ntawv ntawm Ministry of Health. Nws tau hais tias Confederacy muaj lub tshuab rab phom nyob hauv Augusta, nyob nruab nrab ntawm Jackson, Adams, Antignac thiab Campbell Streets. Major Finney yog tus saib xyuas. Nws kuj tau tshaj tawm nyob ntawd tias kev tsim cov phom ntsaws zoo ib yam rau "Colt Marine" tau teeb tsa ntawm tsob ntoo no, thiab lawv tau suav tias yog ib qho zoo tshaj plaws hauv Confederation.
Qhov txaus siab, feem ntau ntawm "sab laug" Confederate rab phom tau tsim hauv Georgia thiab Texas. Cov uas tau ua hauv Georgia yog nyob hauv.36 lub peev xwm. Thiab cov nyob hauv Texas feem ntau yog.44 qhov muaj peev xwm (uas yog Cov Neeg Texans, nrog rau cov Neeg Khab nyob ntawd, nyiam dua). Thiab yog tias rab yaj phom no tau tsim tawm hauv Georgia, ib qho xav tsis thoob, qhov twg tuaj yeem tsim tau tom qab ntawd, dua li Augusta? Nws puas muaj tib lub peev xwm tiag? Yog li tam sim no, Augusta tseem yog qhov kev xaiv zoo tshaj plaws uas keeb kwm tau muab rau.
Lub Tuam Txhab Tucker & Sherrard ntawm Lancaster, Texas tau dhau los ua ib zaj dab neeg. Leej twg khiav nws? Lub sijhawm twg nws tau ua haujlwm? Puas yog nws ua haujlwm tiag tiag lossis qee yam ntawm cov tuam txhab dab tau teeb tsa kom yuam kev cov neeg soj xyuas ntawm cov neeg nyob sab qaum teb?
Cov lus nug no tau tshwm sim hnub nws tau kos npe nws thawj daim ntawv cog lus nrog lub xeev Texas xyoo 1862. Raws li qee tus, nws yog lub tsev muag khoom mos txwv. Tab sis nws muab tawm tias qhov no tsis muaj tseeb. Nws tau hais qhia tias tsob ntoo tsim lwm hom riam phom ntxiv rau rab phom. Tab sis qhov no tseem tsis tau lees paub. Thaum kawg, nws tau tshaj tawm tias kev ua haujlwm hauv "chaw ua tub rog" yog txoj hauv kev zoo kom tau txais kev zam los ntawm kev ua tub rog. Thiab tias nws cov cuab yeej siv los tsim ntau yam khoom siv rau cov pej xeem ua lag luam.
Txawm li cas los xij, qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws yog kom pom tias nws tau tua ntau dua ob rab phom thaum ua tsov rog? Thiab tsis yog qhov seem sau los ntawm qhov seem tom qab kev ua tsov rog tas? Qhov tseeb yog hnub tim, tsuas yog ob peb rab phom tau pom nrog cim "Lancaster, Texas". Tab sis txawm tias lawv tau tsim thaum lub sijhawm ua tsov rog hauv tebchaws lossis tau sib sau ua ke tom qab los ntawm cov seem uas tseem tsis tau paub meej.
Los ntawm cov tsiaj ntawv thiab sau ntawv uas tau muaj txoj sia nyob, cov thawj coj hauv tuam txhab tau hais tawm txhua yam teeb meem los piav qhia txog kev tsim khoom tsis txaus. Lawv yws txog qhov tsis muaj cov ntaub ntawv raw thiab sim nyem nyiaj ntau npaum li sai tau los ntawm Tsoom Fwv Tebchaws Confederate.
Laban Tucker yeej yog ib tus tsim ntawm lub tuam txhab no. Tab sis nws tawm ntawm lub tuam txhab. Thiab tom qab ntawd qee qhov Clarke hloov nws. Tab sis vim li cas qhov no tshwm sim tsis paub. Feem ntau - ib qho zais ntawm daim card. Thiab peb tsis paub dab tsi tseeb. Txawm hais tias rab ntaj tau thiab yog. Koj tuaj yeem tuav tau lawv.
Txawm li cas los xij, muaj Tucker thiab Sherrard rab phom tau ua thaum Tsov Rog Zaum Ob. Whereas "Clark thiab Sherrard" tuaj yeem raug muag ntawm cov lag luam pej xeem hauv thawj xyoo tom qab nws ua tiav. Thiab, tej zaum, nyob rau hauv kev tswj hwm ntawm kev tswj hwm ntawm Union.
Lub.44 caliber rab phom zoo ib yam li tus qauv thib ob ntawm Colt Dragoon rab phom. Muaj xya qhov nqaj nyob hauv lub thoob, lub nruas tig raws lub moos. Cov lej ntawm lawv yog nyob rau tib qhov chaw ib yam li ntawm "Colts" tiag.
