1.Mass Production at Springfield Armory during the American Civil War.pdf

The U.S. Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, rarely appears in Civil War histories except perhaps as an unexplained statistical wonder. By late 1863, the Armory was the largest single supplier of rifles to Union forces. Springfield Armory workers out-produced over thirty American contractors,

2.THE ORIGINS OF GENOCIDE IN CIVIL WAR.pdf

Abstract. We know very little about the origins of and ways to prevent genocide from occurring. Despite it being a rare event, 36 cases of genocide or politicide occurred between 1955 and 2000, 80% of which took place during a civil war. The relationship between these two phenomena has been overlooked by both of the respective literatures. I hypothesize that the duration of the civil war, as well as the intensity of the conflict have some bearing on whether or not genocide or politicide occur. Using a selection model, which allows for the isolation of mechanisms in both stages: entry into civil war and the subsequent escalation to genocide or politicide, I test this argument. Interestingly, once selection into a civil war is accounted for ethnic heterogeneity has a greater statistical and substantive impact on genocide/politicide onset than was previously believed.

2.This Place of Death Environment as Weapon in the American Civil War.pdf

Environment was central to the understanding of disease causation in the American Civil War. Physicians of that war, north and south, viewed the environment as the key factor in health and disease, and one that could often be manipulated. Pre-war discussions of urban epidemics had focused on meteorology and environmental filth.