{"product_id":"artillery-hell-paperback-1","title":"Artillery Hell - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCurt Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard C. Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard C. Anderson  Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e September 17, 1862, at Antietam Creek was the bloodiest day of the Civil War, as both armies made heavy use of field artillery, the long arm. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eArtillery Hell\u003c\/i\u003e Curt Johnson and Richard C. Anderson, Jr., provide a detailed examination of the role of field artillery in the Battle of Antietam. Johnson sets the context with an overview of organizational problems on the eve of a great battle. Anderson's concise discussion of different types of artillery and their capabilities and ammunition is presented in accessible language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The heart of \u003ci\u003eArtillery Hell\u003c\/i\u003e is Maj. Joseph Mills Hanson's unpublished 1940 report, Employment of Artillery. It includes compilations of the batteries in the respective armies at Antietam, a review of the battle actions of the individual batteries, and a list of battery positions in a tentative order. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Johnson and Anderson build upon Hanson's reports with individual chapters on the Union and the Confederate artillery at Antietam. Utilizing previously untapped or unavailable sources, especially the Henry Jackson Hunt Papers at the Library of Congress, they answer questions that have long challenged historians and others interested in the battle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eArtillery Hell\u003c\/i\u003e discusses virtually every aspect of field artillery used during the Civil War. Battlefield visitors can use it to identify and understand the different types of cannon and their capabilities, and historians will find in it the military perspective so many studies of the battle lack.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCURT JOHNSON\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eRICHARD C. ANDERSON, JR.\u003c\/b\u003e, are historians and historical consultants in the Washington, D.C., area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9.1 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47280114073849,"sku":"9780890966235","price":21.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/VWtnYkZwdC9NeDVDK0hEd3hIeFdFZz09_b36a34de-19d2-4aad-ab85-b649cedfdf64.webp?v=1769029972","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/artillery-hell-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}