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American Civil War Siege Tactics.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Field, Ron.
- Series:
- Elite Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Siege warfare--History.
- Siege warfare.
- Military engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (65 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2026.
- Summary:
- This absorbing study casts light on the tactics, technologies, and specially raised units involved in siege operations during the American Civil War.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title page
- Imprint
- Acknowledgments
- Artist's note
- Contents
- Introduction
- Opening a Siege
- Gathering the army
- Siege and baggage trains
- Corduroyed roads
- Pontoon trains and bridges
- Railroads
- Siege Works
- Parallels, saps, and bridge traverses
- Trenches and rifle pits
- Abatis, chevaux de frise, and fraises
- Siege Artillery
- Columbiads and rifled guns
- Mortars
- Communications
- Telegraphy
- Signal trees, towers, and stations
- Calcium Light
- Tunneling, Mining, and Countermining
- The Vicksburg mines
- The Petersburg mines
- Blockade
- Sharpshooters
- Direct Assault
- Vicksburg
- Port Hudson
- Petersburg
- Closing a Siege
- Select Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9781472873569
- OCLC:
- 1603129838
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