[The following interesting and valuable paper was written in 1866 as an appendix to a propos…
English Blakely Rifle
There’s a point in Michael Shaara’s The Killer Angels (1974), when General Longstreet turns to his artillery chief and asks, “How old are you, son?”
Thomas S. Dickey Sr. (1925–1987)Courtesy The Atlanta History Center Using a metal detector to comb battlefields, Dickey acquired the largest and most comprehensive collection of Civil War artillery projectiles in the United States. Most of his collection is now on exhibit at the Atlanta Hist…
Federal and Confederate Manufacturers
My first interest in the Civil War came in the early 1960’s with the 100th Anniversary. At the time, I was in my early teens and unaware of co…
American Society of Arms Collectors (ASAC) members make presentations at meetings reflecting areas of their expertise or recent research. Thes…
Firing the Brooke rifled naval cannon at the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, Georgia! And a little history on the cannon.
USS Cairo was the lead ship of the City-class gunboats and named for Cairo, Illinois. In June 1862, she captured the Confederate garrison of F…
Union and Confederate forces re-enacting Pickets charge the 155th Gettysburg National Civil War Battle Reenactment in Gettysburg Pennsylvania.
A sampling of Civil War cannons at the Visitors Centre Parking Lot at the Vicksburg Battlefield including the Dahlgren gun, Rodman gun, howitz…
We fired 17 rounds of Canister from an original Civil War Napoleon Field Cannon for a study on battlefield archeology. Each Canister shell con…
A modern day recreation of a 17th century cannon capable of firing a single nine pound shot reveals the devastation it can wreak on a ship’s h…
This is an open discussion for the Civil War artillery community. The Burton vs. Dyer Controversy. The magazines are in order of year and numb…
Slow motion sound and musicy things by: Gordon McGladdery did the outro music the video. Checkout "A Shell In The PIt.”
Today we are taking a Closer Look at a Bronze Model 1857 12-pounder Napoleon Light Field Cannon, Dated 1863.
Today we take a closer look at a Civil War bronze 12-pounder mountain howitzer, with its accompanying extremely rare original carriage and limber.
While looking for cannon shown on Civil War websites, Fort Branch, Hamilton, North Carolina, proved very interesting because there was a varie…
