Originally Posted by
5MadFarmers
Where did you get that? The units I listed received the guns in November of 1898. I included the date. They surveyed the Militia arms in 1898. Black troops in Georgia still had muskets. The cavalry in one of the north western states was still entirely armed with Spencers. Which means they'd been better armed than the regular army for 30 years.
1st TX: 1896
4th IL: '98.
2nd SC: '96
1st NC: '98.
161st IN: '98.
49th IA: '96.
2nd LA: '98
3rd NE: '96.
9th IL: '98.
2nd IL: '98.
4th VA: '98.
6th MO: '98.
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