Selected Bibliography
Selected Bibliography
The following is a listing of the more important sources dealing with the development of artillery which have been consulted in the production of this booklet. None of the German or Italian sources have been included, since practically no German or Italian guns were used in this country.
SPANISH ORDNANCE.Luis Collado, "Platica Manual de la Artillería" ms., Milan 1592, and Diego Ufano,Artillerie, n. p., 1621, have detailed information on sixteenth century guns, and Tomás de Morla,Láminas pertenecientes al Tratado de Artillería, Madrid, 1803, illustrates eighteenth century material. Thor Borresen, "Spanish Guns and Carriages, 1686-1800" ms., Yorktown, 1938, summarizes eighteenth century changes in Spanish and French artillery. Information on colonial use of cannon can be found in mss. of the Archivo General de Indias as follows: Inventories of Castillo de San Marcos armament in 1683 (58-2-2,32/2), 1706 (58-1-27,89/2), 1740 (58-1-32), 1763 (86-7-11,19), Zuñiga's report on the 1702 siege of St. Augustine (58-2-8,B3), and Arredondo's "Plan de la Ciudad de Sn. Agustín de la Florida" (87-1-1/2, ms. map); and other works, including [Andres Gonzales de Barcía,]Ensayo Cronológico para la Historia General de la Florida, Madrid, 1723; J. T. Connor, editor,Colonial Records of Spanish Florida, Deland, 1930, Vol. II., Manuel de Montiano,Letters of Montiano(Collections of the Georgia Historical Society, v. VII, pt. I), Savannah 1909; Albert Manucy, "Ordnance used at Castillo de San Marcos, 1672-1834," St. Augustine, 1939.
ENGLISH ORDNANCE.For detailed information John Müller,Treatise of Artillery, London, 1756, has been the basic source for eighteenth century material. William Bourne,The Arte of Shooting in Great Ordnance, London, 1587, discusses sixteenth century artillery; and the anonymousNew Method of Fortification, London, 1748, contains much seventeenth century information. For colonial artillery data there is John Smith,The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-Englande, and the Summer Isles, Richmond, 1819; [Edward Kimber]Late Expedition to the Gates of St. Augustine, Boston, 1935; and C. L. Mowat,East Florida as a British Province,1763-1784, Los Angeles, 1939. Charles J. Foulkes,The Gun-Founders of England, Cambridge, 1937, discusses the construction of early cannon in England.
FRENCH ORDNANCE.M. Surirey de Saint-Remy,Mémoires d'Artillerie, 3rd edition Paris, 1745, is the standard source for French artillery material in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Col. Favé,Études sur le Passé et l'Avenir de L'Artillerie, Paris, 1863, is a good general history. Louis Figurier,Armes de Guerre, Paris, 1870, is also useful.
UNITED STATES ORDNANCE.Of first importance is Louis de Tousard,American Artillerist's Companion, 2 vols., Philadelphia, 1809-13. For performance and use of artillery during the 1860's the following sources are useful: John Gibbon,The Artillerist's Manual, New York, 1863; Q. A. Gillmore,Engineer and Artillery Operations against the Defences of Charleston Harbor in 1863, New York, 1865; hisOfficial Report ... of the Siege and Reduction of Fort Pulaski, Georgia, New York, 1862; and theOfficial Records of Union and Confederate Armies and Navies. Ordnance manuals of the period include:Instruction for Heavy Artillery, U. S., Charleston, 1861;Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy, Washington, 1866; J. Gorgas,The Ordnance Manual for the Use of the Officers of the Confederate States Army, Richmond, 1863. For United States developments after 1860: L. L. Bruff,A Text-book of Ordnance and Gunnery, New York, 1903; F. T. Hines and F. W. Ward,The Service of Coast Artillery, New York, 1910; the U. S. Field Artillery School'sConstruction of Field Artillery MatérielandGeneral Characteristics of Field Artillery Ammunition, Fort Sill, 1941.
GENERAL.For the history of artillery, as well as additional biographical and technical details, there is the Field Artillery School's excellent booklet,History of the Development of Field Artillery Matériel, Fort Sill, 1941. Henry W. L. Hime,The Origin of Artillery, New York, 1915, is most useful, as is that standard work, theEncyclopedia Britannica, 1894 edition: Arms and Armour, Artillery, Gunmaking, Gunnery, Gunpowder; 1938 edition: Artillery, Coehoorn, Engines of War, Fireworks, Gribeauval, Gun, Gunnery, Gunpowder, Musket, Ordnance, Rocket, Small arms, and Tartaglia.
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