Complete Listing of Artilleryman Articles

Volume 1 - Volume 10

 

*Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring 1979)
Plourde’s Company, 4th Btn., Royal Regiment of Artillery unit profile
Massachusetts cannon accident
Stones River Battlefield artillery
New Market Battlefield Park
2nd Battery, Vermont Artillery unit profile
Massachusetts cannon regulations

*Vol. 1, No. 2
1974 Norwich University cannon accident
The North-South Skirmish Assn.
How to make .22 blank cannon igniter
Forts Moultrie, Sumter, Pulaski and Phoenix
Doing Civil War ordnance research
Battery E, 4th U.S. Artillery unit profile
Mortar shooting

*Vol. 1, No. 3
Old Fort Henry, Kingston, Ontario
Clark’s Battery B, 1st New Jersey Light Artillery unit profile
Point detonating fuze for early rifled cannon projectiles
Parrott Rifle sight and construction of brass stadia sight
How to make welded cap squares
Bore inspection is important for cannon with unlined vents
Taggants in black powder may be dangerous
1st Litchfield Artillery Regiment unit profile
Australian interest in American Civil War
Fort Glanville, South Australia

*Vol. 1, No. 4
Vicksburg National Military Park and Vicksburg’s role in the war
5th Massachusetts Battery unit profile
Rodman’s casting process
Watertown Arsenal
Battery G, 2nd Illinois Artillery unit profile
How to make pendulum hausse sight for 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle.
New York Harbor fort system
Artillery Company of Newport, R.I. unit profile
Friction primer kits
Utica Citizens Corps Mortar team

*Vol. 2, No. 1
120th New York Infantry with Delafield gun Unit Profile
Ashe Ordnance makes 42 pdr. barbette carriage
Fort Hamilton, N.Y.
Sioux City Battery, 1st Iowa unit profile
What is correct Civil War field carriage color?
Worming and sponging
How to make pendulum hausse sight for M1841 6 pdr.
Tadeusz Kosciuszko, father of American field artillery tactics
Shooting mortars, making priming quills
The Old Northwest Artillery unit profile

*Vol. 2, No. 2
Special issue with various groups’ muzzleloading artillery rules

*Vol. 2, No. 3
Debate on carriage colors continues
Fort Hancock, N.Y.
Wiard guns at Shiloh
Discovery of the cannon that started Texas revolution
The California Mexican Lancers unit profile
The Order of St. Barbara
How to make crooked sponge/rammer
1838 experimental iron 6 pdr.

*Vol. 2, No. 4
Ashe Ordnance Works
How to make pendulum hausse sight for 12 pdr. Napoleon
Governor’s Island, N.Y.
Barlow’s Rangers Mortar Battery unit profile
Plans for scale model mountain howitzer
Modified friction primer design.

Vol. 3, No. 1
Herrick’s Regiment, Republic of Vermont unit profile
Shooting a field piece straight
Shells: Experimental rocket shell
Cannon accidents
Fort Wood, N.Y.
Tennessee artillery units
Shell hunters find 220 lb. ball

`Vol. 3, No. 2
The Battle of Yorktown
Yorktown reenactment
The Bormann fuze
Ashe Ordnance Works restores Noble Brothers 6 pdr.
1st Michigan Light Artillery, Battery C unit profile
The Carriage Works wheelwright burns
Shells: James projectiles

Vol. 3, No. 3
Development of 3-Inch Ordnance Rifle
Don’t call it a Rodman—the U.S. 3-Inch Wrought Iron Rifle
Bronze 6 pdr. repro accident
Stones River National Battlefield commissions Wiard cannon carriage
Castle Clinton, N.Y.
How to make sight for 12 pdr. mountain howitzer
Shells: 10 pdr. Parrott projectiles
How to make a worm
The Tannenberg Hand Gonne
The “Mary Lincoln” cannon of Rosemond, Ill.
Watervliet Arsenal Museum

* Vol. 3, No. 4
Ashe Ordnance closes
The treatment of artillery participants at reenactments
10 pdr. Parrott at Fort Tejon, Calif.
Cook’s Arsenal Works
Fort Tilden, N.Y.
Shells: 30 pdr. Parrott projectile

*Vol. 4, No. 1
Cyrus Alger’s South Boston Iron Co.
Fort Totten, N.Y.
Shells: Cannons cast by soldiers from melted bullets
How to make cylinder cleaning nozzle

*Vol. 4, No. 2
Two Confederate Brennan guns found
3-Inch Ordnance Rifle unique design
12 pdr. Whitworths in Australia
Researching origin of cannon
Fort Schuyler, N.Y.
New Jersey cannon law
1st Missouri Battery’s original gun
Development of Rodman casting method before the war
How to build ignition tube
How to make friction primers

*Vol. 4, No. 3
Utah cannon accident
Demonstration of M1861 8-inch howitzer
Valley Cannon Works
Battle of Belmont, Mo., cannon is in Illinois
Palmetto Light Artillery unit profile
Development of Parrott gun
Shells: large case-shot
“Old Abe” in California

*Vol. 4, No. 4
New Jersey accident and need for seamless liners
Knap’s Battery E, Independent Pennsylvania Light Artillery unit profile
Shells: 3-inch Dyer projectiles
Light field artillery in War with Mexico
Fort Sill museum

*Vol. 5, No. 1
Stolen Saratoga Battle Monument gun is returned after legal battle
Britten projectiles turn up in Arkansas
Development of Confederate artillery
How the South used its artillery
Fort Slocum, N.Y.
Shells: 24 pdr. mortar ball with concussion fuze

*Vol. 5, No. 2
Eaglehead Arsenal
New Jersey cannon law signed
Fort Lee Historic Park, N.J.
Origin of firearms
Shells: Sabot problems
Artillery in the Mexican War
Maj. J.G.D. Elvin, Royal Artillery (Ret.)
Fort Point, Calif.
1st St. Paul Battery unit profile

*Vol. 5, No. 3
National Safety Rules and Procedures for Shooting Muzzleloading Artillery
National Park Service black powder training
One of two Louisiana guns identified
Kearney’s Parrott Gun Detachment at Port Hudson, La. unit profile
Fort Ross, Calif.
Bore inspection shows hidden problems
How to make powder charges
Washington Navy Yard has four Brooke rifles
Adaptation of artillery carriages
Prolonge rope development
5 iron guns found on California beach
Shells: Confederate canister

*Vol. 5, No. 4
2nd Regiment Middlesex County Militia unit profile
Comparison of Fg Sporting and Class 1 Military black powder
“Old Betsy” of Ohio
Earliest uses of cannon
Battle of Wilson’s Creek, Mo.
Shells: Sabots of Confederate 24 pdr. shells

Vol. 6, No. 1
The final word on correct Civil War cannon field artillery carriage color
Incorrect cannon firing procedures
Dissection of cast iron 6 pdr. barrel
Search for the “Dictator” mortar
Debut of Midwest Artillery Show
Defense of Puget Sound
Development of turrets
Seeing-eye dog and owner with C Battery, 1st Ohio Artillery
How to reline an iron barrel
Shells: Bormann fuzes

Vol. 6, No. 2
Test firing 100 pdr. Parrott
Mounting of 20-inch gun for 1876 Centennial Exposition
Washington Navy yard artillery collection
Tidball on artillery, Part 1
Shells: Woodruff gun used conical projectiles
“Sleeve” vs. “liner”
Oregon’s Rogue River cannon
Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, N.J.
Projectiles: Confederate fuze plugs

Vol. 6, No. 3
Small arms for the artilleryman
El Paso’s ‘Blue Whistler” gun
Modern-day account of career as artilleryman
Fort Mervine, Monterey Bay
1st Michigan, Battery B unit profile
Mallet’s 42-ton mortar
Ears need protection from black-powder firing noise
Double-barreled gun in Athens, Ga.
Tidball on artillery, part 2
Shells: Confederate gunners levels

Vol. 6, No. 4
3 accidents injure four
Midwest Artillery Show
Dissection of sand-cored barrel
Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Fla.
New Jersey cannon law
Achieving accuracy with mortar
“Molly Stark” of New Hampshire
Washington Heights, N.Y.
Shells: Federal navy relics from Vicksburg land operations

Vol. 7, No. 1
Marines’ boat howitzers helped take Fort Fisher
Restoration of 3-Inch Breechloading Rifle of 350 lbs.
Development of carronade for British navy
Fort Glanville, South Australia, saves two 20-ton Armstrongs
Shells: Mallet’s polygonal cavity shell
Gatling gun battery support of Teddy Roosevelt
Shells: Britten’s lead sabotted projectile

Vol. 7, No. 2
Bisection of pipe-cored barrel
Unusual 1.5-inch Whitworth
Early defense of California’s coast
Restoration of Leeds Foundry building, New Orleans
Artillerymen take part in North-South, Part II
Old Fort Niagara
12 pdr. Field Gun Light, M1857, is related to French Napoleon
“Smuggler’s Cannon” in war for California
Analysis of sand-cored barrel
Shells: Wooden mortar fuzes.

Vol. 7, No.  3
Thunder mugs
H.M.S. Rose of Bridgeport, Conn.
12 pdr. Mountain Howitzer developed from French Army howitzer
Castillo de San Marcos, Fla.
Tidball, part 3
Shells: rare Confederate trunnion sight

Vol. 7, No. 4
U.S.S. Constitution gun drills
Manassas’ 125th reenactment
“Mons Meg” at Edinburgh Castle
Rare 10-inch heavy seacoast howitzer in Kansas
Midwest Artillery Show
Shells: Confederate armor punchers
German naval academy activates old gun
Forts Morgan and Gaines, Ala.

Vol. 8, No. 1
U.S. Army adaptation of M1841 24 pdr. Coehorn mortar
Artillery report from Manassas 125th
Cannon markings were stamped, not engraved
Fort McHenry, Baltimore
10-inch Rodman smoothbores were converted to 8-inch muzzleloaders
Shells: fuzes for firing on ironclads

Vol. 8, No. 2
5 guns found on California beach are restored
Rebuilding iron-hub wooden wheels
Fort Monroe’s Casemate Museum
Hiram Bledsoe’s trophy cannon
1st South Carolina unit profile
Shells: “Whistling Dick” projectile

* Vol. 8, No. 3
Thomas J. Rodman and his hollow casting process
M1841 12 pdr. Mountain Howitzer, carriage
Fort Stanwix, Rome, N.Y.
Shells: Read’s rifle projectile
The artillery collection at Gettysburg Battlefield
Artifact: budge barrel
Delafield Rifle found at Smithsonian
Fort Delaware, Del.
Prussian gunboats carried cannon

Vol. 8, No. 4
Fatal cannon accident
James’ projectiles, rifling and guns
Restoration of Krupp Mountain Gun, M1903
Shells: Gen. Schimmelfennig’s rocket artillery
Stolen cannons
Forts of Portobelo, Panama
Role of horse artillery in 1847 victory over Mexico
Artifact: searcher

*Vol. 9, No. 1
Fort Sill Museum
Wilson’s Creek Battlefield seeks artillery
Muskegon, Mich.’s, “Boomer” salute gun
Artillery through the ages shown in Michigan
The “Mons Meg” cannon
Artifact: gunners quadrant

Vol. 9, No. 2
Making friction primers
Divers find Augusta Arsenal shells in river
Gettysburg 125th events are planned
Cannon tarpaulins had several uses
Rock Island Arsenal
Lancaster, Pa.’s, “Old Buck” Griffen gun
Spanish forts defended California coast with artillery
Artifact: portfire cutters

Vol. 9, No. 3
What happened to the “Dictator”?
Dewey’s flagship Olympia and its guns
The Confederacy’s shortage of gunpowder
M1841 8-inch shellgun on loan to Port Hudson, La.
Forts in Nassau, the Bahamas
Confederate rules on choosing projectiles
Artifact: fuze auger

* Vol. 9, No. 4
Powder tests yield new pressure data
Artifact: gunner’s level
The Confederate Naval Museum, Columbus, Ga.
Artillery manuals
Gettysburg 125th features the most artillery since war’s end
Rhode Island’s Gettysburg Gun goes back for 125th
Model cannon maker Joe Skripkunis
Identification of iron gun sought
How to make a pole yoke

Vol. 10, No. 1
The 2-3/4-inch howitzer of 1792-93
Fort Meigs in Ohio
U.S. Army conversion of muzzleloaders to breechloaders
Reorganization of Confederate artillery under Lee
How to make powder charges

Vol. 10, No. 2
Artillery at the battle of Malvern Hill, Va.
1st Ga. Artillery restores 1861 Tredegar howitzer
Bronze replica Verbruggen 3 pdr. has bore problems
Fort Frederick in Kingston, Ontario
1841 Ordnance Board rules on sponging
Making a limber hitch
The U.S. Army 1.65-inch Hotchkiss Mountain Rifle
Artifact: flintlock cannon igniters
A visit to Gibraltar

Vol. 10, No. 3
Rare shells found buried in Atlanta
Big Hole National Battlefield in Montana
Peace River Light Artillery unit profile
Rare 3.3-inch Parrotts from West Point
Removal of shell from barrel after @125 years
Biographies of some of Artillery Corps of Army of Northern Virginia
Governors Island, N.Y., forts
Artifact: cutters for Bormann fuzes

* Vol. 10, No. 4
Development of the carronade
6 pdr. stolen in California
Restoration of Krupp Howitzer
John Read’s 1867 petition to Congress for compensation for development of projectile
Rhode Island’s Gettysburg gun display being improved
Fort Moultrie, S.C.
Gettysburg’s “Opening Gun” to be secured
Gen. Lee’s need for artillery horses
Artifact: tompion