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	Field Artillery in the American Civil War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brigadier General Henry J. Hunt, who was the chief of artillery for the Army of the Potomac for part of the war, was well recognized as a most efficient organizer of artillery forces, and he had few peers in the practice of the sciences of gunnery and logistics.
		Artillery brigades composed of five batteries were commanded by colonels and supported the infantry organizations as follows: each infantry corps was supported directly by one artillery brigade and, in the case of the Army of the Potomac, five brigades formed the Artillery Reserve.
		The Confederacy had to rely to a significant extent on captured Union artillery pieces (either on the battlefield or by capturing armories, such as Harpers Ferry); it is estimated that two thirds of all Confederate field artillery was captured from the Union.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Field_Artillery_in_the_American_Civil_War (2486 words)

	Field Artillery and Terrain in the American Civil War: The Battle of Perryv...
		Field Artillery and Terrain in the American Civil War: The Battle of Perryv...
		Fields of fire and effective range - with respect to the terrain as well as to the weapons involved - were significant issues in the eventual outcome.
		The battlefield terrain and its effects on the use of artillery, including optical illusions, are illustrated using viewshed analysis and scientific visualization, from known artillery positions, to evaluate fields of fire and effective range, based on a 10 m digital elevation model of the battlefield.
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	Civil War Artillery - Weaponry
		Artillery was an essential branch of the armed forces during the Civil War.
		Civil War artillery was designated by either the diameter of its bore or the weight of its solid ammunition.
		Field artillery was organized into batteries, each having four to six guns, and commanded by a captain.
	www.civilwarhistory.com /Weaponry.htm (4397 words)

	Civil War, United States History, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Resource Guide
		Civil War drama depicting the events and personal struggles of the Union and Confederate soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg.
		Known as a turning point in our great Civil War, the battlefield is preserved by the National Park Service as a symbol of America's struggle to survive as a nation, and as a lasting memorial to the soldiers who served in that great conflict.
		Civil War@Smithsonian is produced by the National Portrait Gallery and is dedicated to examining the Civil War through the Smithsonian Institution's extensive and manifold collections.
	www.carnegielibrary.org /subject/history/civilwar.html (1270 words)

	Field Artillery in the Civil War
		Light or Field Artillery is divided into two parts; Horse Artillery, where all the men rode horses and served with the Cavalry, and Mounted, where the men marched alongside the cannons.
		The makeup of the army changed during the early years of the war, but after 1863, the usual makeup of an army corps was three divisions of infantry and one brigade of artillery, consisting of five batteries of six guns each.
		Late in the war it was not unusual for batteries to be reduced to four guns, due to shortage of available horses (the government paid $160 for a Cavlary horse, but $170 for an Artillery horse).
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		Artillery is known as "The queen of the battlefield." There is more, though, to artillery than just how it was used on battlefield.
		Of all the types of field artillery that were used during the Civil War, three stand out as perhaps being the most famous domestically manufactured types.
		Canister was the last of the principle types of ammunition used by field guns during the Civil War.
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	Civil War, Underground Railroad, Slavery, Emancipation Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Digital History and the American Civil War - These projects represent the work of six teams of students at the University of Virginia in HIUS 403 "Digital History and the American Civil War." The projects are fully developed web sites on a topic of importance for the Valley Project.
		American Civil War: The Army of Virginia and The Army of the Potomac
		On these fields and in the woods surrounding a small creek in northwest Georgia, Union and Confederate armies clashed during the fall of 1863 (September 19-20) in some of the hardest fighting of the Civil War.
	www.sussexcountyettc.org /links_civil_war.htm (6997 words)

	Technology & the Development of Field Artillery: The American Civil War, 18...
		The American Civil War was a high point in the development of artillery for warfare.
		A description of the common field artillery pieces used in the Civil War, such as 12-pounder Napoleons and Parrott rifles follows, and how new technologies were used in these weapons is discussed.
		The ammunition used by these weapons and changes that appeared in ammunition during the Civil War are then described.
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	TheHistoryNet \| America's Civil War \| America's Civil War: Horses and Field Artillery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Manual for Mountain Artillery, adopted by the U.S. Army in 1851, stated that the mountain howitzer was "generally transported by mules." The superiority of mules in rough country outweighed their notorious contrariness under fire.
		As the Southern army neared Knoxville, the Confederate caissons carrying ammunition for the field artillery were being pulled by oxen, a choice dictated by the scarcity of horses in the region.
		Before the war, he had served as an instructor at West Point and had written a textbook called The Artillerist's Manual that was used by cadets at the academy.
	www.historynet.com /acw/bl-artillery-horses (1261 words)

	American Civil War
		However, at the start of the war, the US Navy had only a small number of ships and was in no position to guard all 3,000 miles of Southern coast.
		Grant issued a brief statement: "The war is over; the rebels are our countrymen again and the best sign of rejoicing after the victory will be to abstain from all demonstrations in the field." Six days later, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
		It was eventually decided to charge General Robert Lee, James Seddon, the Secretary of War, and several other Confederate generals and politicians with "conspiring to injure the health and destroy the lives of United States soldiers held as prisoners by the Confederate States".
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAcivilwar.htm (7528 words)

	The Civil War Artillery Page
		Only about six percent of the soldiers in the American Civil War were enrolled in the artillery branch of the service, yet the artillery played a pivotal role in almost every major engagement of the War.
		Much of the focus is on the field artillery, which saw the most battle action during the War, but the growing Encyclopedia of Civil War Artillery provides examples of every type.
		My thanks to Kathie Fraser of the Civil War Poetry and Music page for designing some of the graphics for these pages, and for her invaluable moral and esthetic support.
	www.cwartillery.org /artillery.html (353 words)

	The American Civil War Homepage
		The Civil War, Slavery, and Reconstruction in Missouri
		Tennessee and the American Civil War (Bedford County)
		Indiana's and Kentucky's German-Americans in the Civil War
	sunsite.utk.edu /civil-war/warweb.html (4204 words)

	Amazon.com: American Civil War Artillery 1861-65 (1): Field Artillery (New Vanguard): Books: Philip Katcher,Tony Bryan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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 the 1860s, at the start of the American Civil War, American artillery experts were in the midst of a major change of direction.
		American Civil War at the Chess Store — From the wizard of oz to robin hood, the chess store carries studio Anne and italfama sets in many historical themes.
	www.amazon.com /American-Civil-War-Artillery-1861-65/dp/1841762180 (1704 words)

	The American Civil War
		THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA AND THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC 1861-1865
		The original quintessential matchup of Civil War generals--Ulysses S. Grant versus Robert E. Lee--the campaign pitted the Army of the Potomac against the Army of Northern Virginia without a break for forty-two days.
		Charging that the Republicans had carried the war beyond a constitutional struggle to maintain the Union into a war for slave liberation and "amalgamation" of the races the opposition appealed to white voters with a virulently anti-fl campaign.
	www.rockingham.k12.va.us /EMS/History_Pages/CivilWar/CivilWar.html (7022 words)

	The American Civil War
		Artillery Used During the War - Learn about the famous weapons used during this time.
		Civil War Rubric - A Civil War Webquest Rubric using AZ Standards.
		Music & Poetry of the War Between the States - Understand the thoughts and emotions of the men who faced each other across the battle field.
	www.kn.sbc.com /wired/fil/pages/listcivilwamr26.html (437 words)

	The American Civil War Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Not only was the War the occasion for the abolition of slavery, but by conflict's end the re-United States had emerged as a modern, industrialized power.
		Civil War Plymouth Pilgrims Descendants Society (survivors of the Battle of Plymouth, NC)
		The Civil War in Franklin County, TN (includes rosters for Peter Turney's 1st Tennessee Infantry; C. Bean's 41st Regiment; and Elijah Ikard's 32nd Regiment)
	coe.fgcu.edu /students/hoalt/a;warweb.html (1775 words)

	The Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
		PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, BY In the unlikely event that you are not familiar with the Official Records (ORs), they consist mainly of battle reports and there are literally thousands of them.
		Therefore, This site contains selected after action reports of the Commanders in the field for major battles of the American Civil War and selected events that I felt were significant.
		A list of the ten costliest battles of the Civil War based on total casualties (killed, wounded, missing, and captured).
	www.civilwarhome.com /records.htm (447 words)

	Civil War Artillery - Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This is not a comprehensive bibliography on Civil War artillery, but simply an alphabetical list by author of all works referenced on The Civil War Artillery Page.
		Dyer, Frederick, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, 1908
		Ripley, Warren, Artillery and Ammunition of the Civil War, 4th rev.
	www.cwartillery.org /artbib.html (487 words)

	Lieutenant General Thomas J. Jackson - Hero of the Southern Confederacy
		At the beginning of the Mexican war he was ordered to report for duty with the First Regular Artillery.
		When Virginia seceded from the Union the cadets under the command of Major Jackson were ordered to the field by the governor.
		In the early days of the war Jackson performed valuable service in the Harper's Ferry area, but he first attained real prominence at First Manassas.
	www.swcivilwar.com /jackson.html (907 words)

	American Thunder Antiquities - Reference Section
		Excavated Artifacts from Battlefield and Campsites of the Civil War, 1861-1865 - Stanley Phillips
		Field Artillery Projectiles Of The American Civil War - Thomas S. Dickey & Peter C. George
		Civil War Projectiles II Small Arms & Field Artillery, With Supplement - W. Reid McKee & M.E. Mason, Jr.
	www.rulen.com /civilwar/refer.htm (733 words)

	The American Civil War
		Explain the various interpretations that historians have advanced to explain why the Civil War took place.
		Create a CHART which analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the North and the South in terms of their readiness for war.
		* The Civil War -- The Bloody War
	www.historyteacher.net /AHAP/Topics/AHAP_Topic13.htm (669 words)

	American Civil War Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The ACWS is one of the largest Civil War reenacting associations in Southern California, boasting an annual membership, by year-end, of about 800 re-enactors.
		Each division is composed of infantry, artillery, mounted and dismounted cavalry.
		The ACWS Civilian Corps is one of the finest organizations on the West Coast.
	www.acws.net (234 words)

	Civil War, U.S.,Confederate, Revolutionary War, and other Antique Currency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		(HB) The Illustrated History of American Civil War Relics by Sylvia and O'Donnell
		(HB) Field Artillery Projectiles of the American Civil War by Dickey & George
		(HB) Civil War Pistols of the Union by John D. McAulay
	www.collectorsnet.com /fog/books/reference.html (536 words)

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