**BRAND NEW BOOK**
Major Caleb Huse C.S.A. & S Isaac Campbell & Co
The Arms, Clothing and Equipment supplied to the Confederate States of America 1861-64
By ACWS Member David Burt
The first book on the London firm of S Isaac Campbell & Co, setting out the true story of the company.
The involvement of Caleb Huse with S Isaac Campbell & Co in supplying the Confederacy with war materiels from England, and the subsequent charges of corruption made against them.
The book also details the story of Samuel and Saul Isaac, and the history of S Isaac Campbell & Co, until the company’s demise.
It also details the amounts and types of goods provided to the South, as well as fascinating new insights on the SI&C & Co organisation.
Included are biographies on the key characters, including, Colin McRae, Major James B Ferguson, Josiah Gorgas, and others.
Also included are new and previously unpublished photographs of the Isaac family, and of original SIC&Co equipment supplied to the Confederacy.
There are also histories of British firms, JE Barnett & Sons gun manufacturers, and Alex Ross & Co.
Paperback 6x9 ISBN 9781438930152 Price $12.27 £7.90
Available from Authorhouse (US) 888 728 8467 Authorhouse (UK) 0800 1974150
Or online at www.authorhouse.com (US) or www.authorhouse.co.uk (UK)
The above press release first appeared in the ACWS Newsletter, Winter 2009
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