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Title: American Civil War Fortification: Coastal Brick and Stone Forts by Angus Konstam, D. Spedaliere, S. S. Spedaliere, Alina Illustrazioni ISBN: 1-84176-442-6 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Great Book
Comment: This new addition to the Osprey Fortress series is very well written. It covers the history of Stone and Brick Coastal Forts of the Civil War from their design and construction in the early 1800s till their combat in the Civil War. The first section is on the design and the development of American Coastal fortifications and it covers the three systems of coastal fortification. The second section gives a tour of the fortificatins covered in the book. This section talks in detail about each section of the fort critical to its defence, including the outer defences and redouts. The next section documents garrision life at the fort telling about the dull life of a garrision soldier and giving examples for garrions at forts. This section also talks about the particulaur guns that defended these forts. After this is a section of the principles of defense that give information on the plans and stratagies for defending the forts. The next section gives war histories on some of the more important forts including, forts Sumter, Pulaski, Macon, and Jackson. This is the one disapointing section. Not only does it leave out several important forts,(Fort Morgan-Battle of Mobile Bay, Fort Monroe-Penisular campaign and defense of Hampton Roads,and Fort Moultre- defense of Charleston) but it has incomplete histories. For instance, the section on Fort Sumpter only covers the opening battle of the Civil War neglecting the ironclad attack on the fort and the union bombardments that occured latter in the war. The last section covers post civil war coastal fortifications. The art work of this volume is very good. There are ten one page plates. The first plate shows Forts Marion and McHenry. The other plates are Forts Jackson and McRee, Fort Clinch, Fort Sumpter, Fort Moultrie, Fort Zachary Taylor, The main Confederate Battery at Fort Macon, Fort Pulaski, artillery casemate at Fort Pulaski, and artillery at Fort Morgan. A glossary and information on ever stone and brick Civil War fort's present condition and location is also included. This is very useful. Overall this is a great reference book on researching these important Civil War forts. I hope Osprey publishes furthur volumes on sand and wood coastal forts (Fort Wagner) and Mississippi River Forts (Vicksburg) in this new series.
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Title: American Defenses of Corregidor and Manila Bay 1898-1945 (Fortress, 4) by Mark A. Berhow, Terrance McGovern, Chris Taylor ISBN: 1841764272 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Fortress 10: The Maginot Line by William Allcorn, Chris Taylor ISBN: 1841766461 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Defenses of Pearl Harbor & Oahu 1907-50 by Glen Williford, Terrance McGovern, Chris Taylor ISBN: 1841765724 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Union River Ironclad 1861-65 by Angus Konstam, Tony Bryan ISBN: 1841764442 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Japanese Pacific Island Defenses 1941-45 (Fortress Series) by Ian Palmer, Gordon I. Rottman ISBN: 1841764280 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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