Field Artillery Weapons Of The Civil War

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

• ISBN13: 9780252072109
• ISBN10: 0252072103
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-22
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

This is a detailed survey, replete with photographs and diagrams, of the field artillery used by both sides in the Civil War. In paperback for the first time, the book provides technical descriptions of the artillery (bore, weight, range, etc.), ordnance purchases, and inspection reports. Appendixes provide information on surviving artillery pieces and their current locations in museums and national parks.

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