Unusual Civil War Weapon in the SCCRRMM Collection
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Joe Long examines a Civil War pike. Gov. Joe Brown of Georgia ordered that 10,000 of these medieval-style weapons be created to arm soldiers.
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rbrown3rd
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Fascinating stuff Joe. Keep the videos coming. I am really glad that you chose to use YouTube as a medium for sharing your knowledge and great collection.
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michaeleffmeredith
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He might have actually been on to something. The Mexican lancers of less than thirty years before that time were able to kill Texans armed with firearms with depressing regularity. I’ve seen old fixed pikes from that time made into large fighting knives so they didn’t all go to waste. If he’d only kept with the spring loaded idea but made it like a ballistic knife instead of a switchblade, you might have to have a passport to get from Indiana to Kentucky today.
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shotgun4567
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vs guns pikemen would have been shot to pieces.
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1889sportingman
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Thank goodness gov Brown was not a general,, fasinating,,thank you
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