2024年11月9日 · I think I've read before that relatively few Civil War battlefield deaths and injuries have been attributed to artillery shells. However, I ran across this interesting claim in a history of CW artillery by Jennings Wise, about artillery's value as a deterrent against infantry: "Again, the...

2024年3月6日 · General Civil War Artillery Artillery for the United States Land Service by United States Army Ordnance Dept, Alfred Mordecai, 1849. - High Resolution Plates from Artillery for the United States Land Service, located at the Library of Congress Shells and Shell-guns by John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, 1856.

2018年7月30日 · sources: Artillery battery, note at the beginning of the article on Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery, Civil War Trust video on Army Organization Sorry for the simplification but it makes it easier for me to draw parallels to the make-up of infantry organization. As soon as I hit "battalion", though, I'm getting confused.

2016年3月18日 · Hello everybody, lately I've gotten really interested in Civil War artillery, especially in the equipment and implements the gunners used (and the stuff associated with the artillery's horse drivers, can't forget them) so I'm posting a thread where I'm putting all the artillery gear I've found from both sides and where others can post their ...

2017年4月4日 · Brent Nosworthy, The Bloody Crucible of Courage: Fighting Methods and Combat Experience of the American Civil War (London: Constable, 2005), p. 145 "There is little in the literature to suggest that the average Civil War infantry regiment even began to judge distances or set sights accurately for battle.

2012年8月25日 · Just offhand, for field artllery I'd suggest Cole - Civil War Artillery at Gettysburg - pretty good discussion of all aspects. The "bible" is Hazlett, Olmstead, et al,. Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War - sort of technically oriented; Spruill - Summer Thunder - is a nice Army War College-style tour guide focused on artillery at Gettysburg.

2016年11月9日 · My Osprey books arrived today. American Civil War Artillery, Volumes one and two. Excellent starter source and very helpful painting guide...except all guns look like Union regulation. I really enjoy the heavy mortars and Naval guns in volume two. Those would be great models to build!

1999年4月1日 · New Civil War Artillery Forum. Thread starter CivilWarTalk; Start date Jun 29, 2012; CivilWarTalk ...

2022年5月26日 · Comparing the different Types of Civil War Artillery Carriages | Arms & Artillery - Terrible Tools of War "No. 1" Field Carriage "No. 2" Field Carriage "No. 3" Field Carriage 1st & 2nd Model Prairie Carriages Carriage Weight 900 lbs. 1,125 lbs. 1,175 lbs. 363 lbs. Wheel Height 57" wheels 57" wheels 57" wheels 42" Wheels Distance between ...

2013年3月15日 · Join us Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 8:30 pm EST when CivilWarTalk presents Craig Swain. You guys probably know him best from his award winning blog, recently relaunched, "To the Sound of the Guns," which covers various aspects of the war, but with focus on artillery. Mr. Swain's presentation will focus on Civil War Field Artillery Tactics.