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Field artillery is used to attack and defend the works of temporary fortification; to destroy or demolish material obstacles and means of cover, and thus prepare the way for the success of other arms; to act upon the field of battle; to break an enemy’s line or prevent him from forming; to crush his masses; to dismount his batteries; to follow and support a pursuit and to cover and protect a retreat.
INSTRUCTION
for
FIELD ARTILLERY
HORSE, AND FOOT
Compiled, Reviewed By A Board
of
ARTILLERY OFFICERS
Prepared by
SAMUEL RINGGOLD
1st U.S. Artillery
3rd U.S. Artillery,
U. S. Army.
THE
ARTILLERIST MANUAL
Compiled from various sources,
and Adapted to
Prepared by
The service of the UNITED STATES
BRIG.-GEN JOHN GIBBON,
U. S. Vols.
Capt. 4th Artillery,
U. S. Army.
THE
HAND-BOOK OF ARTILLERY
for the use of the
SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES
ARMY AND MILITIA
Prepared by
CAPT. JOSEPH ROBERTS
4th Regt. Artillery,
United States Army
ARTILLERY DRILL:
CONTAINING
INSTRUCTION IN THE
SCHOOL OF THE PIECE
AND
BATTERY MANEUVRES
COMPILED
AGREEABLY TO THE LATEST REGULATIONS OF
THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Prepared by
BY GEORGE PATTON,
LATE OF THE U.S. ARMY
EXERCISES
IN
SMALL ARMS AND FIELD ARTILLERY:
ARRANGED FOR THE
NAVAL SERVICE
Prepared by
HENRY H. LOCKWOOD,
Prof. U.S. Naval Department
INSTRUCTION
FOR
NAVAL LIGHT ARTILLERY
AFLOAT AND ASHORE
Prepared by
WILLIAM H. PARKER ,
U.S. Naval Department
THE
ORDNANCE MANUAL
for
USE OF THE OFFICERS
of
THE UNITED STATES ARMY
Prepared by
ALFRED MORDECAI ,
Ordnance Department
INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ,
TO THE
STUDY OF FORTIFICATION,
FOR
YOUNG OFFICERS OF THE ARMY
Prepared by
MAJOR HECTOR STRAITH
THE
THEORY
OF
FIELD-FORTIFICATION
Prepared by
C. MALORTI DE MARTEMONT
THE ELEMENTS OF
FIELD FORTIFICATIONS
FOR THE USE OF THE CADETS OF
THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
AT
WEST POINT N.Y.
Prepared by
J. B. WHEELER
Top’l Engineers,
Acting Assistant Professor Mathematics,
West Point N.Y.
A
TREATISE
ON
DRILL AND MANEUVRES
OF CAVALRY
COMBINED WITH HORSE ARTILLERY
A TREATISE
ON THE
TACTICAL USE OF THE THREE ARMS:
INFANTRY, ARTILLERY, AND CAVALRY
Prepared by
FRANCIS JAMES LIPPITT, Ex-Colonel Second Infantry
RUDIMENTARY MILITARY SERIES
ON THE
USE OF FIELD ARTILLERY
ON SERVICE:
WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THAT OF AN
ARMY - CORPS
PROJECTILE WEAPONS OF WAR;
And
EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS
INCLUDING SOME
NEW RESOURCES OF WARFARE
WITH SPECIAL REFRENCE TO
RIFLED ORDNANCE
Report of the
ENGINEER AND ARTILLERY OPERATIONS
of the
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
FROM ITS ORGANISATION TO THE CLOSE OF THE
PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN
WILLIAM F. BARRY,
Chief Of Artillery
JOHN G. BARNARD ,
Chief of Engineers
Report of the
MOVEMENTS AND OPERATIONS
of the
1ST. CONN. HEAVY ARTILLERY
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1865
HENRY L. ABBOTT ,
Chief of Siege Operations
SIEGE ARTILLERY
IN THE
CAMPAIGNS AGAINST RICHMOND WITH
NOTES ON THE
15 INCH GUN
HENRY L. ABBOTT ,
Chief of Siege Operations
INSTRUCTION
for
FIELD ARTILLERY
Prepared by
WILLIAM F. BARRY,
Capt. 2nd. Artillery
WILLIAM H. FRENCH,
Bvt. Major,
Capt. 1st. Artillery
HENRY J. HUNT,
Bt. Major,
Capt. 2nd. Artillery
MANUAL
of
HEAVY ARTILLERY SERVICE
for the use of the
Prepared by
ARMY AND MILITIA OF THE UNITED STATES
JOHN C. TIDBALL ,
Lt. Col. 1st Regt. Artillery
A system of
EXERCISE AND INSTRUCTION
of
FIELD - ARTILLERY
INCLUDING MANEUVRS OF
Prepared by
LIGHT OR HORSE ARTILLERY
WINFIELD SCOTT,
T. CADWALADER ,
WM. H. SUMNER,
B. DANIEL,
ABRM. EUSTIS,
Z. TAYLOR,
G. CUTLER,
CHARLES J. NOURSE
OF THE U.S. ARMY
INSTRUCTION
for
MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY
Prepared by
THE BOARD of ARMY OFFICERS
THE ARTILLERIST
Prepared by
PIERCE DARROW
1821
INSTRUCTION
for
HEAVY ARTILLERY
Prepared by
THE BOARD of ARMY OFFICERS
for the use of the
THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES
CALCULATED
TABLES OF RANGES
FOR
NAVY AND ARMY GUNS
GUNNERY CATECHISM
AS APPLIED TO THE
SERVICE OF NAVAL ORDNANCE
ADAPTED TO
THE LATEST OFFICIAL REGULATIONS
AND APPROVED BY THE
BUREAU OF ORDNANCE, NAVY DEPARTMENT
Prepared by
J. D. BRANDT, 1864
A TREATISE ON
ORDNANCE
AND
NAVAL GUNNERY
NEW
PRINCIPLES
OF
GUNNERY:
CONTAINING
THE DETERMINATION OF
THE FORCE OF GUN POWDER
AND
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DIFFERENCE
IN
THE RESISTING POWDER OF THE AIR
TO
SWIFT AND SLOW MOTIONS
WITH SEVERAL OTHER TACTS ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF
PRACTICAL GUNNERY
Prepared by
BY
BENJAMIN ROBINS, ESQ F.R.S.
1805
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES
OF
FORTIFICATION
Prepared by
JOHN T. HYDE M.A.
ELEMENTS
OF
FIELD FORTIFICATION
Prepared by
LEWIS LOCHEE
A TREATISE ON
FIELD FORTIFICATIONS
CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE METHOD OF LAYING OUT, CONSTRUCTING, DEFENDING, AND ATTACKING INTRENCHMENTS
WITH THE GENERAL OUTLINES ALSO OF
THE ARRANGEMENT, ATTACK AND DEFENCE OF
PERMINENT FORTIFICATIONS
Prepared by
DENNIS H. MAHAN
Professor of Military and Civil Engineering, West Point N.Y.
A
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION
IN
ORDNANCE AND GUNNERY;
Prepared For The Use Of The
CADETS of The
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION
IN STRATEGY, FORTIFICATION,
TACTICS OF BATTLES
EMBRACING THE DUTIES OF STAFF, INFANTRY, CAVALRY,
ARTILLERY, AND ENGINEERS
Prepared by
HENRY WAGNER HALLECK,
Major General U.S.A.
RIFLED ORDNANCE;
A PRACTICAL TREATISE
on
THE APLICATION of
THE PRINCIPLE OF THE RIFLE
To GUNS AND MORTARS OF EVERY CALIBRE
ENGINEER and
ARTILLERY OPERATIONS
AGAINST THE DEFENCES OF CHARLESTON HARBOR IN 1863
COMPRISING THE DECENT UPON MORRIS ISLAND,
THE DEMOLITION OF
FORT SUMTER,
THE REDUCTION OF FORTS WAGNER AND GREGG
WITH OBSERVATIONS ON HEAVY ORDNANCE, FORTIFICATIONS, ECT.
Report of
MILITARY COMMISSION
TO EUROPE
1855 to 1856
ALFRED MORDECAI ,
Ordnance Department
CUSTOMS OF SERVICE
for
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE ARMY
as
Derived From Law And Regulations
PRACTISED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY
AUGUST V. KAUTZ ,
Brevet Maj-General
CUSTOMS OF SERVICE
for
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE ARMY
as
Derived From Law And Regulations
PRACTISED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY
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