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]

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]

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

Ed