Index of Civil War Artillery Posts
Please follow the links below to pages dedicated to each category. These are a work in progress, as I continue to explore and discuss the artillery used in the Civil War.
Smoothbore Field Artillery
Rifled Field Artillery
Heavy Cannons (Siege and Garrison, Seacoast)
Naval Cannons
Other Artillery Topics
Federal Field Artillery Production notes
Barbette and Casemate carriages
The Role of Field Artillery on the Battlefield
Gunpowder – Composition and testing
Gunmakers
Ames Manufacturing Company or N.P. Ames
J.M. Eason & Brothers – Arms buildup at Charleston in 1863, Ripley-Childs Affair, Replenishing stocks after the Ironclad Attack
John Clark of New Orleans
Noble Brothers – Arguments with Confederate authorities.
Great site. I’m just getting started into the Civil War area of our family genealogy and I appreciate all the work you’ve done.
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