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Civil War Artillery

  • The Fredrickson Family 8-inch mortar
  • Antique and Collectable Firearms and Militaria Headquarters a commercial site dealing with militaria from any era, including some Civil War ordnance.
  • United States Field Artillery Association, a fine organizational site.
  • Chapman & Sons, a commercial site, has some excellent pictures of the reproduction artillery sights they manufacture.
  • Civil War Field Fortifications is a superb site with detailed descriptions of the period fortifications in which the artillery the Civil War was so often employed.
  • Artillery Pieces of the Civil War has a good description of different types of guns and lots of great pictures.
  • The National Park Service's Cannon Crew and Ammunition page has excellent photographs of several types of ammunition.
  • Joel Craig's Bivouac now features many fine photographs of cannon in upstate New York.
  • The National Park Service's page on Artillery at Antietam has several fine photographs of cannon and a basic explanation of the artillery most heavily used at this pivotal battle.
  • Fort Sill Home Page. Fort Sill is home to the United States Field Artillery Center, which brings to life the history of the long arm from every era.
  • Fortress Alcatraz Home Page. This general discussion of the military history of Alcatraz includes its Civil War past, with good illustrations of the 10-inch Rodman. Author John A. Martini, on whose book the page is based, is Military Curator of the Presidio.
  • The U.S. Civil War Artillery Homepage provides some excellent tables and a very useful glossary of artillery terms.
  • Civil War Heavy Artillery from Mirkwood's Civil War Page.
  • stoney's artillery page, focusing on the artillery monuments at Gettysburg, is maintained by Penn State student Keri Leaman.
  • Cannon Mania, for those of you interested in the lighter side of artillery, features antique toy cannon and cannon collectibles.

    Other Eras

    Artillery on the web from periods other than the American Civil War:

  • The Catapult Museum Online (tension artillery through the ages)
  • 15th-18th Century South East Asian Cannon (a commercial site)
  • Napoleonic Artillery
  • Royal Irish Artillery Home Page (Revolutionary War)
  • Trenches on the Web (World War I)
  • Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (125 years of history)
  • Korps Rijdende Artillerie (Dutch field artillery)
  • The Royal Artillery (United Kingdom)
  • Military History @ Skalman.Nu, a gateway for military history generally

    General Sources

    See American Civil War Unit Bibliographies, compiled by the U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks.

    The major Civil War index pages are great sources of information on artillery units and reenactors:

  • Civil War Page
  • American Civil War Home Page
  • US Civil War Center (LSU)
  • The American Civil War (UNT)
  • Military history: United States Civil War, from the Canadian Forces College
  • The Gray-Blue Gazette, a collection of links from the 10th Mississippi Infantry reeanctors
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