American Civil War Artillery 1861–65 (1): Field Artillery
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- Author：Philip R.N. Katcher
- ISBN：1841762180
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Summary
Perhaps the most influential arm of either army in the prosecution of the American Civil War， the artillery of both sides grew to be highly professional organizations， centralizing their artillery， organizing artillery battalions from individual batteries and giving their commanders higher ranks than field artillerymen had previously held。 In battle， the introduction of the 12-pdr。 Napoleon ， followed closely by rifled cannon， provided a range and power previously unknown on American soil。 This book details this vital cog in the war-machine of both sides。
Reviews
Dimitri
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All Napoleon / Model 1857 and little else except a few Parrot rifled cannon。 The caisson plate studies and contemporary illustrations on how to load a dismantled mountain howitzer onto a horse don't exactly make up for the overload of Manual citations; for these dusty tomes we have the internet nowadays。 The comparative charts on US/CS ammo stocks per battery and ranges per type of shell must equally be out there。 Operationally， the South had to rely more on pre-war smoothbore 6-pounders， whose All Napoleon / Model 1857 and little else except a few Parrot rifled cannon。 The caisson plate studies and contemporary illustrations on how to load a dismantled mountain howitzer onto a horse don't exactly make up for the overload of Manual citations; for these dusty tomes we have the internet nowadays。 The comparative charts on US/CS ammo stocks per battery and ranges per type of shell must equally be out there。 Operationally， the South had to rely more on pre-war smoothbore 6-pounders， whose reach grew short。 Katcher fails to teach anything else here。 。。。more
Teufel Wolf
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A well written and very readable book。
Sean Chick
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