Robert Finney

Robert Finney Historical Figure Nationality: United States (Confederate States, 1861-1865) Year of Birth: c. 1840 Year of Death: Unknown Occupation: Soldier Military Branch: Confederate States Army (American Civil War) Fictional Appearances: The Guns of the South POD: January 17, 1864 Type of Appearance: Direct Nationality: Confederate States Military Branch: CS Army (Second American Revolution)

Robert Finney was a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War. Very little information about his life seems to be available.

Robert Finney in The Guns of the South

Captain Robert Finney was superintendent of the Confederate arsenal in Augusta, Georgia in January 1864 when his superior Colonel George W. Rains received a request from General Robert E. Lee to analyze and duplicate the powder in a new carbine, the AK-47. While Rains devoted his energies to the new powder, he assigned Finney the task of developing a method of reloading spent brass cartridges with black powder and lead bullets. This Finney succeeded in doing and his results were presented to General Lee in the spring of 1865.