Col. Minié, The inventor of the Minié rifle

Mounted wood-engraved portrait illustration with text, from magazine; half-length portrait in uniform. Mounted wood-engraved portrait illustration with text, from magazine; half-length portrait in uniform. Small upright folio, mounted on cream board; margins trimmed. title: COL. MINIE, THE INVENTOR OF THE MINIE RIFLE. text: M. MINIE, INVENTOR OF THE MINIE RIFLE. If there were people, previous to the present war in the East, who had never heard of the the Minié rifle, or who, having heard of it, discredited the stories of its deadly accuracy and great range, no one now can plead ignorance of the invention, or express doubt of its performance annotation: 1854