Author: United States. Army. Massachusetts Artillery Battery, 5th (1861-1865)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
History of the Fifth Massachusetts Battery
Author: United States. Army. Massachusetts Artillery Battery, 5th (1861-1865)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
History of the Fifth Massachusetts Battery
Author: United States. Army. Massachusetts Artillery Battery, 5th (1861-1865)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 1076
Book Description
Report of the Librarian of the State Library of Massachusetts
Author: State Library of MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Artillery of Gettysburg
Author: Bradley M. GottfriedPublisher: Cumberland House Publishing
ISBN: 9781581826234
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 marked the turning point of the American Civil War. The apex of the Confederacy's final major invasion of the North, the devastating defeat also marked the end of the South's offensive strategy against the North. From this battle until the end of the war, the Confederate armies largely remained defensive. The Artillery of Gettysburg is a thoughtful look at the role of the artillery during the July 1?3, 1863 conflict. Bradley M. Gottfried provides insight into how the two armies employed their artillery, how the different kinds of weapons functioned in battle, and the strategies for using each of them. He shows how artillery affected the ebb and flow of battle for both armies and thus provides a unique way of understanding the strategies of the Federal and Union commanders.
The Era of the Civil War--1820-1876
Author: Louise A. Arnold-FriendPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Class List
Author: Tufts LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
In the Trenches at Petersburg
Author: Earl J. HessPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807882356
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
In the Trenches at Petersburg, the final volume of Earl J. Hess's trilogy of works on the fortifications of the Civil War, recounts the strategic and tactical operations around Petersburg during the last ten months of the Civil War. Hess covers all aspects of the Petersburg campaign, from important engagements that punctuated the long months of siege to mining and countermining operations, the fashioning of wire entanglements and the laying of torpedo fields to impede attacks, and the construction of underground shelters to protect the men manning the works. In the Trenches at Petersburg humanizes the experience of the soldiers working in the fortifications and reveals the human cost of trench warfare in the waning days of the struggle.
To the North Anna River
Author: Gordon C. RheaPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807140694
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Rhea looks at the initial campaign between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee between May 13 and 25, 1864--a phase that was critical in the clash between the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia. Rhea charts the generals' every step and misstep in their efforts to outfox each other. 12 halftones. 29 maps.
Civil War Field Artillery
Author: Earl J. HessPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807178667
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The American Civil War saw the creation of the largest, most potent artillery force ever deployed in a conflict fought in the Western Hemisphere. It was as sizable and powerful as any raised in prior European wars. Moreover, Union and Confederate artillery included the largest number of rifled pieces fielded in any conflagration in the world up to that point. Earl J. Hess’s Civil War Field Artillery is the first comprehensive general history of the artillery arm that supported infantry and cavalry in the conflict. Based on deep and expansive research, it serves as an exhaustive examination with abundant new interpretations that reenvision the Civil War’s military. Hess explores the major factors that affected artillerists and their work, including the hardware, the organization of artillery power, relationships between artillery officers and other commanders, and the influence of environmental factors on battlefield effectiveness. He also examines the lives of artillerymen, the use of artillery horses, manpower replacement practices, effects of the widespread construction of field fortifications on artillery performance, and the problems of resupplying batteries in the field. In one of his numerous reevalutions, Hess suggests that the early war practice of dispersing guns and assigning them to infantry brigades or divisions did not inhibit the massing of artillery power on the battlefield, and that the concentration system employed during the latter half of the conflict failed to produce a greater concentration of guns. In another break with previous scholarship, he shows that the efficacy of fuzes to explode long-range ordnance proved a problem that neither side was able to resolve during the war. Indeed, cumulative data on the types of projectiles fired in battle show that commanders lessened their use of the new long-range exploding ordnance due to bad fuzes and instead increased their use of solid shot, the oldest artillery projectile in history.
The Sword of Lincoln
Author: Jeffry D. WertPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743225069
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
With a swiftly moving narrative style and perceptive analysis, The Sword of Lincoln is destined to become the modern account of the army that was so central to the history of the Civil War.