Artillery Tactic Links

[theknapsack]

In an effort to help kick off the Artillery Discussion Forum, I am posting a link to Robert's 1863 Artillery Manual:

http://members.cox.net/ltclee/Roberts.htm

And I have attached (in PDF Format) Gibbon's Artillery Manual.

Hopefully they shall be helpful to some.

http://www.civilwarartillery.org

[markj]

Re: Artillery Tactic Links

Greetings,

Here are some Ph.D. dissertations and master's theses that might be of interest to "cannon-cockers." I also added a RevWar title that some might enjoy as well:

THE ARTILLERY WITH THE REGULAR ARMY IN THE WEST FROM 1866 TO 1890
by ROBERTS, LARRY DON, PHD
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, 1981, 278 pages
AAT 8123855

'Old flu's' artillerymen in war and peacetime (Civil War, Snead's Battery)
by Hall, Matthew Glenn, MA
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, 1996
Not Available from UMI

Ironclads on rails: American Civil War rail road weapons, 1861-1865
by Koenig, Alan Robin, PhD
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - LINCOLN, 1995, 327 pages
AAT 9538638

Daniel's battery: A narrative history and socio-economic study of the ninth Texas field battery (James M. Daniel)
by Perkins, John Drummond, MA
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, 1995, 140 pages
AAT 1377315

THE QUIET PARADIGM CHANGE: THE EVOLUTION OF THE FIELD ARTILLERY DOCTRINE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, 1861-1905.
by NESMITH, VARDELL EDWARDS, JR., PHD
DUKE UNIVERSITY, 1977, 381 pages
AAT 7721882

Grizzell, Steven. Bull Pups: The 1841 Mountain Howitzer. 1999, M. A. New Mexico State University.

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: A REAPPRAISAL AND CASE STUDY AT THE CONTINENTAL ARTILLERY CANTONMENT OF 1778--1779, PLUCKEMIN, NEW JERSEY
by SEIDEL, JOHN LEWIS, PHD
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1987, 834 pages
AAT 8804961

You can search for, and order, most of the above titles from Proquest Info & Learning/UMI here:

http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/search

Regards,

Mark Jaeger

[ejn]

Re: Artillery Tactic Links

The Drill Network (http://home.att.net/~Cap1MD/Drill.htm) has a few manuals on line.

Ed