Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War

by Hazlett, James C.; Olmstead, Edwin; Parks, M. Hume

• ISBN13: 9780874133462
• ISBN10: 0874133467
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1988-12-01
• Publisher: Univ of Delaware Pr

Summary

This new paperback edition of an established classic is a detailed survey, replete with photographs and diagrams, of the field artillery used by both sides in the Civil War. Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War provides technical descriptions of the artillery (bore, weight, range, etc.), ordnance purchases, and inspection reports. It demonstrates the evolution of field artillery as castings were converted from bronze to steel, barrels went from smooth-bore to rifling, and loading was shifted from muzzle to breech. The military significance of the major pieces is assessed in terms of their accuracy, versatility (with different types of ammunition), and dependability. The book also includes a discussion of the competition between imported European artillery and weapons made in the foundries of the North and South. Appendixes provide information on surviving artillery pieces and their current locations in museums and national parks. Book jacket.

Author Biography

The late Dr. James C. Hazlett graduated from Linsly Military Institute and from Cornell University before preparing for his career in medicine at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Hazlett was a fellow of the Company of Military Historians and served that organization as both governor and president Edwin Olmstead is a graduate of Allegheny College and of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a fellow of the U.S. Army Military History Institute M. Hume Parks has been a collector and dealer in military relics for more than sixty years

Table of Contents

List of Tables	8	(2)
List of Appendixes	10	(3)
Foreword	13	(2)
Acknowledgments	15	(2)
Introduction to the Second Edition	17	(4)
Introduction to the First Edition	21	(2)
Fundamentals	23	(7)
Federal 6-pounder Guns and 3.67-inch Rifles, 1819--1862	30	(22)
Confederate 6-pounder Guns and 3-inch Rifles, 1861--1862	52	(18)
Federal 12-pounder Field Howitzers, 1834--1862	70	(8)
Confederate 12-pounder Field Howitzers, 1861--1862	78	(10)
Federal Napoleon Guns, 1857--1865	88	(12)
Confederate Napoleon Guns, 1861--1865	100	(9)
Parrott Rifles, 1861--1865	109	(11)
3-inch Ordnance Rifles	120	(10)
False Napoleons and Gettysburg Replicas	130	(4)
The Small Ones	134	(7)
Boat Howitzers	141	(6)
James Smoothbores and Rifles, 1861--1862	147	(11)
The Rare Ones	158	(15)
Too Big for the Field	173	(21)
British Rifled Cannon	194	(19)
Carriages	213	(7)
Conclusion	220	(3)
Appendixes	223	(79)
List of Short Titles for Sources	302	(1)
Notes	303	(8)
Glossary	311	(4)
Bibliography	315	(4)
Index	319