"Books on ACW Artillery" Topic
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| Old Smokie | 27 Aug 2017 6:39 a.m. PST |
anyone recommend some good books on ACW artillery for a newb, looking for organization type etc the usual stuff |
| coopman | 27 Aug 2017 7:36 a.m. PST |
"Grape & Canister" by Naisawald is about the Union artillery. "The Long Arm of Lee" is about the art. of the AoNV. |
| Rudysnelson | 27 Aug 2017 8:15 a.m. PST |
Osprey had a two volume set about artillery. I think it was in the New Vanguard range.
Many discount or half price book stores have carried ACW books in the past. Artillery is a topic for table top books. The stores in Pigeon Forge Tenn. is one store. |
Shagnasty  | 27 Aug 2017 8:19 a.m. PST |
I agree with the books above and would add: Katcher's "the Army of Robert E. Lee" Daniel's "Cannoneers in Gray, Field of the Army of Tennessee" |
| Old Smokie | 27 Aug 2017 8:20 a.m. PST |
thanks  |
 ColCampbell | 27 Aug 2017 1:30 p.m. PST |
There is also The Artillery Service in the War of the Rebellion: 1861-65 by John C. Tidball which is described as "a comprehensive overview and analysis of the U.S. Army's field artillery service in the Civil War, written by John C. Tdnall, a distinguished artilleryman of the era." (from front flyleaf note) Originally published in the Journal of the Military Service Institution from 1891 to 1893. My copy was published by Westholme Publishing in 2011 with an introduction by Lawrence M. Kaplan. Jim |
| donlowry | 30 Aug 2017 6:00 p.m. PST |
Arms & Equipment of the Civil War, by Jack Coggins, will tell you a lot about the artillery, as well as the other branches of the armies and navies, both the guns themselves and how they were used. |
| Old Contemptibles | 31 Aug 2017 12:56 p.m. PST |
May not be exactly what you want but "Artillery Hell: Colonel S. D. Lee and his Guns at Antietam" is a good read. |
| BW1959 | 31 Aug 2017 6:16 p.m. PST |
I'll second "Artillery Hell" a very good book with a lot of useful information. |
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prepares to do some regimental-level ACW gaming.