American Civil War Artillery 1861–65 (2)
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- ISBN 9781841762197
- Weight: 200g
- Dimensions: 182 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jul 2001
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Because of the length of the coastline of the United States, from the beginning American ordnance and engineers placed an emphasis on heavy artillery mounted in coastal defences.
The Union army organised its 'Heavy Artillery' into separate regiments, uniformed and equipped differently. While the Field Artillery was assigned across the fighting fronts Heavy Artillery units served the big guns in the forts and the defences of Washington. The Confederates did not differentiate types of artillery and those that became known as Heavy Artillery did so through informal association rather than formal designation.
This book details the development and usage of the big guns, alongside illustrations throughout.
Philip Katcher served in the US Army in Vietnam, and has been an active participant in living history activities especially in the 18th and 19th century periods. He has written over 20 books on various periods of US military history.
Tony Bryan is a freelance illustrator of many years' experience. He worked for a number of years in Military Research and Development, and has a keen interest in military hardware. Tony has produced many illustrations for partworks, magazines and books.
