Whitworth Rifle Company
Armory, Manchester, United Kingdom.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Armory
- Where
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Years
- 1861-1865
WHITWORTH RIFLE COMPANY
Joseph Whitworth's company sold its hexagonal-bore rifle to the Confederacy, where it armed the sharpshooters known as Whitworth Sharpshooters. Whitworth had started his machine-tool business in Openshaw, Manchester, in 1833.
Then
Joseph Whitworth's company sold its hexagonal-bore rifle to the Confederacy, where it armed the sharpshooters known as Whitworth Sharpshooters. Whitworth had started his machine-tool business in Openshaw, Manchester, in 1833.
Now
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