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22478144 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20240415115632.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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220324s2023 laua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2022014432 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780807178003 |
| Qualifying information |
(cloth) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN |
9780807178669 |
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(epub) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN |
9780807178676 |
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(pdf) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
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MiTN |
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pcc |
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n-us--- |
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n-usu-- |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
UF23 |
| Item number |
.H47 2023 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
355.8/21 |
| Edition number |
23/eng/20220817 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Hess, Earl J., |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Civil War field artillery : |
| Remainder of title |
promise and performance on the battlefield / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Earl J. Hess. |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Promise and performance on the battlefield |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Baton Rouge : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Louisiana State University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[2023] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxii, 396 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-382) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
The European artillery heritage -- The American artillery heritage -- War footing -- Hardware -- Firing the big guns -- Projectiles and fuzes -- Batteries, battalions, and regiments -- Union artillery brigades and Confederate artillery battalions -- Soldiering with the big guns -- Artillery horses -- Defensive operations in the field -- Artillery against infantry -- Field artillery and fortifications -- Working toward effectiveness -- After the Civil War. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"The American Civil War saw the creation of the largest, most potent artillery force ever deployed in a conflict fought in the Western Hemisphere. Its size was about as large and powerful as any raised in prior European wars. Moreover, Union and Confederate artillery included the largest number of rifled pieces fielded in any conflict in the world up to that point. Amazingly, Earl Hess's "Civil War Field Artillery" is the first comprehensive general history of the artillery arm that supported infantry and cavalry in the conflict. Hess examines the major factors that affected artillerists and their work, including the hardware (cannons, carriages, limbers, caissons, tubes, and the fuses that exploded ordnance), the organization of artillery power (assembling batteries, battalions, regiments, Union artillery brigades, and Confederate artillery battalions), relationships between artillery officers and infantry/cavalry commanders, environmental factors on the battlefield, and many other influences on effectiveness as well. Hess's study offers numerous new interpretations of Civil War artillery based on deep and expansive research, especially in available statistical data. For example, in terms of organizing and managing the artillery arm, officers of the era and subsequent historians alike decried the early war practice of dispersing the guns and assigning them to infantry brigades or divisions where infantry officers completely commanded them. They also praised the concentration system most major field armies put into place during the latter half of the war. However, based on the evidence, Hess suggests that the dispersal system of the early part of the war did not inhibit the concentration of artillery power on the battlefield and that the concentration system of the latter half of the conflict failed to produce more concentration of guns. Another example relates to the effectiveness of fuses to explode long-range ordnance. Previous historians have praised those fuses, admitting they had initial problems early in the war, which each side fixed. Hess's research clearly shows that was not the case. Battery commanders continued to report bad fuses to the very end of the war. Cumulative data on what type of projectiles commanders fired in battle shows that they lessened their use of the new long-range exploding ordnance due to bad fuses while increasing their use of solid shot, the oldest artillery projectile in history. Hess's wide-ranging study argues that Civil War field artillery failed to live up to its promise, especially rifled pieces. As a general history, it also covers all aspects of the history of field artillery in the conflict, including the life of the artilleryman, the use of artillery horses, manpower replacement practices, the effect of widespread use of field fortifications on artillery performance, and the problems of resupplying batteries in the field. His comprehensive coverage and new interpretations bring the history of field artillery up to date and will contribute to a re-envisioning of the military history of the Civil War"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Confederate States of America. |
| Subordinate unit |
Army |
| General subdivision |
Artillery |
| -- |
History. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
United States. |
| Subordinate unit |
Army |
| General subdivision |
Artillery |
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History |
| Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Artillery, Field and mountain |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
United States |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| General subdivision |
Artillery operations, |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
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| Relationship information |
Online version: |
| Main entry heading |
Hess, Earl J. |
| Title |
Civil war field artillery |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication |
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2022 |
| International Standard Book Number |
9780807178676 |
| Record control number |
(DLC) 2022014433 |