Online Reading List
for Siege and Seizure of Sumter
Commemorating the
150th anniversary
of the event which commenced the Civil War
8 - 14 April 2011
A partial list of some sources found online about the Siege and Seizure of Sumter :
The Genesis of the Civil War: the Story of Sumter, 1860-1861, by Bvt. Maj. Gen. Samuel Wylie Crawford
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61, by Brevet Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 1. Article commences at page 40.
The Bombardment of Fort Sumter, 1861, (1915) by Oliver Lyman Spaulding, Jr. Article commences at page 177.
Links :
Siege Artillery in the American Civil War - a wiki page
The First Regiment of Artillery by Maj. William Haskin
Some manuals about Civil War drill :
- Gibbon's The Artillerist's Manual (1860) by John Gibbon
- A course of instruction in ordnance and gunnery: compiled for the use of the cadets of the United States Military Academy (1862) by Capt. James Gilchrist Benton
- Instruction for Field Artillery (1860) by United States War Dept
- Instruction for Heavy Artillery (1851) by United States War Dept
- Instructions for Mountain Artillery (1851) by United States War Dep't
- The ordnance manual for the use of officers of the United States Army by United States Army Ordnance Dep't, (Alfred Mordecai)
(2d Edition, 1850)
(3d Edition, 1862)
- Patten's Artillery drill: containing instruction in the school of the piece and and battery manoeuvres (1863) by Lt. Col. George Washington Patten
- Roberts' Hand-book of Artillery for the Service of the United States: (Army & Militia) (1863) by Joseph Roberts
Silas' Booklet about Guards, Pickets, Camps and Marches (2009).
Silas' Manual of Battalion Drill (2d Edition, 2008). View and print this FREE, thirty two page, double sided manual of battalion drill. This is the former manual of drill for the Army of Tennessee of the North South Alliance.
The Heroes of Fort Sumter during the seige, April, 1861.
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