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American Civil War Fortifications (1): Coastal brick and stone forts (Fortress)
written by Angus Konstam
Studio : Osprey Publishing
by Osprey Publishing
Release Date : 2003-04-20
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Released : 2003-04-20
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9781841764429
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 6 reviews)
List Price : $16.95
Our Price : $6.95
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Product Description |
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The 50 years before the American Civil War saw a boom in the construction of coastal forts in the United States of America. These stone and brick forts stretched from New England to the Florida Keys, and as far as the Mississippi River. At the start of the war some were located in the secessionist states, and many fell into Confederate hands. Although a handful of key sites remained in Union hands throughout the war, the remainder had to be won back through bombardment or assault. This book examines the design, construction and operational history of those fortifications, such as Fort Sumter, Fort Morgan and Fort Pulaski, which played a crucial part in the course of the Civil War. |
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Useful resource |
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This book is a good overview of U.S. Coastal forts. Good for the general interest or the military enthusiast. |
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Wonderful illustrations, but many problems |
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The book documents well the development of American coastal forts of what was known as the Third System. These Civil War forts were impressive works built of stone and brick. The drawings are excellent, but there are numerous historical errors in the details and several forts are mislabeled. A revised edition would be appreciated and make this a 5 star work. |
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Good, but some minor errors |
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This book makes a great introduction, but there are a number of minor errors including on the illustrations. OTherwise it is the book to have on this topic. |
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Interesting, but many errors |
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Civil War Forts has some really good drawings, but a number of illustrations are incorrectly labeled. Some of the minor details in the text are also incorrect. It is still a good introductory work. |
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A Great Book |
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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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