Muskets, Cannon Balls & Bombs
Author | : Benjamin Kennedy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Savannah |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Benjamin Kennedy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Savannah |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Lee Russell |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786422335 |
"Here is the story of James Oglethorpe and of Georgia's colonial days from its birth as a colony in 1733 to its emergence as a free state 50 years later. It includes, from Georgia's perspective, details of the military and political movements that led tothe Revolutionary War. The plight of the common settler is also presented"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Albert C. Manucy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Artillery |
ISBN | : |
A short illustrated history of cannon, emphasizing types used in America.
Author | : Phillip Thomas Tucker |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2023-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0811770621 |
After failing to defeat the Continental Army in New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania during the first half of the Revolutionary War, British generals decided to turn south, where they believed they could win the war in a region more heavily populated by Loyalists. In late 1778, a British expeditionary force sailed south from New York City and captured Savannah, which became a British base of operations and strategic hinge. To thwart the British, an international force gathered around Savannah, including Americans, Poles, Germans, Irish, and—significantly—a volunteer force of free Blacks from present-day Haiti: the Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue. The Chasseurs constituted the largest Black military unit in the American Revolution. The soldiers were free men, the sons of French fathers, mostly sugar plantation owners, and slave mothers in France’s most prosperous overseas colony. In the fall of 1779, this force joined the attack on the British at Savannah in a series of frontal results. The French and Americans were repulsed at great cost in lives, but the free Black Haitians stood their ground—and, in a moment of high courage that has never received its due, stymied a British counterattack that salvaged the day for the Americans and French. A rock at Savannah on behalf of the American Revolution, many of the Haitian survivors of the battle went on to serve the cause of liberty in the Haitian Revolution and help found the first Black republic in world history. This is their story.
Author | : Albert C. Manucy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Artillery |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Albert Manucy |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2023-11-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Looking at an old-time cannon, most people are sure of just one thing: the shot came out of the front end. For that reason, these pages are written; people are curious about the fascinating weapon that so prodigiously and powerfully lengthened the warrior's arm. And theirs is a justifiable curiosity, because the gunner and his "art" played a significant role in American history. Contents: The Era of Artillery The Ancient Engines of War Gunpowder Comes to Europe The Bombards Sixteenth Century Cannon The Seventeenth Century and Gustavus Adolphus The Eighteenth Century United States Guns of the Early 1800's Rifling The War Between the States The Change Into Modern Artillery Gunpowder Primers Modern Use of Black Powder The Characteristics of Cannon The Early Smoothbore Cannon Smoothbores of the Later Period Garrison and Ship Guns Siege Cannon Field Cannon Howitzers Mortars Petards Projectiles Solid Shot Explosive Shells Fuzes Scatter Projectiles Incendiaries and Chemical Projectiles Fixed Ammunition Rockets Tools The Practice of Gunnery
Author | : Albert Manucy |
Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780160034053 |
Consists of a historical narrative of the types of cannons used in America from the ancient catapult to modern artillery. Also, includes a glossary and bibliography.
Author | : David McConnell |
Publisher | : National Historic Parks and Sites, Environment Canada, Parks |
Total Pages | : 604 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Artillery |
ISBN | : |
Under its mandate to interpret Canadian history to the public, Environment Canada - Parks initiated an extensive study of the technology of British ordnance c1710-1860s to aid in the re-creation of period settings at a number of British military sites in Canada, and to provide a manual for the reconstruction of pieces of artillery, their carriages and platforms. The study covers the production of ordnance, the history of the development and design of various pieces (guns, mortars, howitzers, carronades), their carriages and platforms, and the development of gunpowder, cartridges, fuses, and projectiles.
Author | : W. H. Maxwell |
Publisher | : Andrews UK Limited |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2012-02-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1781503052 |
Volume 2 of 2. Eye-witness accounts and memoirs of the Peninsula War by ordinary soldiers who took part in the campaign have deservedly acquired a high reputation for the vivid picture they give us of life in Wellington's army and their insights into a brutal and merciless war. These two volumes of ‘Peninsular Sketches' are the cream of the genre. Collected by William Hamilton Maxwell, a colourful and well-regarded Anglo-Irish military historian and writer who may well have served in the Peninsular himself, they are now published in a modern revised edition. Volume One of this smart and conveniently sized re-print includes a lengthy and learned introduction by the modern military historian Stanley Monick, which comprises a biography of Maxwell himself, an outline of the course of the war, as well as well-informed notes and a commentary on the sketches themselves. Both volumes also have full indexes compiled by Dr Monick. Volume Two follows the course of the war from the capture of Madrid, Wellington’s victory at Vittoria and the British army’s passage over the Pyrenees and its final triumphal march to Toulouse. Long out of print, and a rare collector’s item in the antiquarian book market; these fascinating volumes are now within the price range of every enthusiast of the Peninsular War and Napoleonic warfare generally. For the serious student of the subject these are not to be missed.
Author | : Garry Wills |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2013-05-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439128790 |
In A Necessary Evil, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry Wills shows that distrust of government is embedded deep in the American psyche. From the revolt of the colonies against king and parliament to present-day tax revolts, militia movements, and debates about term limits, Wills shows that American antigovernment sentiment is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of our history. By debunking some of our fondest myths about the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, and the taming of the frontier, Wills shows us how our tendency to hold our elected government in disdain is misguided.