Confederate Artillery Organizations
Title | Confederate Artillery Organizations PDF eBook |
Author | F. Ray Sibley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781611212303 |
Confederate Artillery Organizations: An Alphabetical Listing of the Officers and Batteries of the Confederacy, 1861-1865 is a remarkable, immensely useful, and exceedingly rare book containing the names of the officers and every Confederate artillery unit. It is so rare that most scholars in the field don't even know of its existence. It was originally published as simply Confederate Artillery Organizations by the U.S. War Department in 1898, one of Marcus J. Wright's compilation aids to help assemble and organize the massive publication that would appear as the 128-volume The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (1880-1901), known to researchers and students alike as simply Official Records. Editor Ray Sibley spent more than a decade researching the thousands of entries, correcting mistakes, and adding many artillery units and additional officers unknown to the original compilers more than a century ago. Sibley utilized archival records, manuscripts, letters, diaries, and other sources to verify the original work, correct mistakes, and add further useful information in the form of hundreds of valuable footnotes. This new updated and easy-to-use reference work sets forth the linage of the Confederate artillery. It lists, in alphabetical order, individual batteries to artillery regiments, the names and alternate names for the batteries and the names of the men who led them. Also included are the dates of acceptance into Confederate service for each unit. Most companies have an annotation that includes an alternate name (if there was one), and the date if a unit disbanded or was merged into another organization. The annotations for officers include date of appointment, date of promotion to a higher grade (if any), date of transfers (if any), date dropped from rolls (if any), and date relieved of command (if any). Confederate Artillery Organizations also contains four rare and hard-to-find lists of Confederate artillery officers: "Memorandum of Artillery Officers, C. S. A.," "List of Officers Corps of Artillery, C. S. Army, on U.S. Register of 1861," "Superintendents of Armories," and "Military Store-Keeper of Ordnance." These lists illustrate the ranking of each officer in his respective grade. The extensive bibliography prepared by Mr. Sibley is an invaluable guide to Civil War historiography. Scholars, researchers, and students of the Civil War will be thankful Ray Sibley turned his considerable talents to this project. His tireless efforts made sure this rare book got back into print (including all digital formats), and turned what was once a valuable rare work into a reference book that is now both widely available and absolutely indispensable.
Civil War Artillery At Gettysburg
Title | Civil War Artillery At Gettysburg PDF eBook |
Author | Philip M. Cole |
Publisher | Da Capo Press, Incorporated |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2002-07-16 |
Genre | History |
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This study of artillery at Gettysburg will influence the history of this crucial battle for years to come."--BOOK JACKET.
Confederate King Of Battle :
Title | Confederate King Of Battle : PDF eBook |
Author | Major William J. Daniels |
Publisher | Pickle Partners Publishing |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2014-08-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1782894292 |
This thesis compares and contrasts the field artillery corps of the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of Tennessee. The purpose is to determine which field artillery corps was more effective on the battlefield and why. To answer this question several areas will be examined. The foundation of each army and its field artillery corps is one of these areas. The foundation includes militia forces, strength, recruiting, and governmental roles in the foundation of each army. The senior leadership of each army and its relationship with the Confederate government will be reviewed. Ordnance, equipment, logistics, and training of each army’s field artillery corps are other areas that will be addressed. Finally, artillery leadership, organization, and tactics of each field artillery corps will be examined.
Artillery Organizations of the Confederate States, 1861-1865
Title | Artillery Organizations of the Confederate States, 1861-1865 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. War Department. Rebel Archives Division |
Publisher | |
Pages | 223 |
Release | 1889 |
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Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government
Title | Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government PDF eBook |
Author | United States. National Archives and Records Service |
Publisher | |
Pages | 12 |
Release | 1963 |
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The Evolution of Field Artillery Organization and Employment During the American Civil War
Title | The Evolution of Field Artillery Organization and Employment During the American Civil War PDF eBook |
Author | Jerre W. Wilson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 1993 |
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The organization and employment of the field artillery of both the Union and Confederate armies evolved throughout the first three years of the American Civil War. This study examines six battles - First Bull Run, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg to ascertain how lessons learned were incorporated by each side to improve their artillery structure. The reliance on mobility, integration of short and long range artillery, and the development of the fire support plan for various battles are also examined in this study. Both sides used lessons learned from each battle to improve various aspects of their artillery structure. An analysis of the six battles reveals that the more stable leadership of the Confederate army allowed Lee to introduce battalion sized artillery organization one year before the Union army. Additionally, the centralized command and control of the Confederate artillery initially compensated for the superior Union quantity and quality of artillery. However, at the Battle of Gettysburg both sides had developed a robust, responsive artillery command structure.
The Confederate Order of Battle: The Army of Northern Virginia
Title | The Confederate Order of Battle: The Army of Northern Virginia PDF eBook |
Author | F. Ray Sibley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 506 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The author wanted "to identify the Confederate battalions and regiments that comprised brigades, brigades that made divisions, divisions that made corps, and corps that constituted the Confederate armies which were in major battles or campaigns; and to identify the commanders of each of those organizations in the selected battles or campaigns."--Page viii.