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Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An illustrated account of bookseller Henry Knox's heroic contributions during the Revolutionary War, describing how he dragged fifty-nine cannons to Boston across 225 miles filled with danger and hardship.
Author
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
" Kent Brown's stunning account of the career of Lt. Alonzo Hereford Cushing offers valuable insights into the nature of the Civil War and the men who fought it. Brown's vivid descriptions of the heat and exhaustion of forced marches, of the fury of battle, have seldom been matched in Civil War literature.
3) Artillery
Author
Series
Publisher
Black Rabbit Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Describes several models of guns and howizters used in World War I and World War II, including specifications and statistics"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hungry Tomato
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"From the battering ram to infrared technology on modern artillery, photos and photo-realistic illustrations along with informative text guides readers through the history and development of tanks and artillery."--Provided by publisher.
10) Field artillery
Author
Publisher
Center of Military History, United States Army
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Here is a compelling portrait of the Revolutionary War general whose skills as an engineer and artilleryman played a key role in all of George Washington's battles including the Siege of Boston (where his use of cannons at Dorchester Heights won back the city) and the Battle of Trenton (where he was in charge of Washington's crossing of the Delaware River). Knox became an major advocate of the U.S. Constitution and served as the nation's first Secretary...
Author
Publisher
David McKay Company Inc
Pub. Date
c1958
Language
English
Description
The guns still stand at Gettysburg amid the markers and the monuments on the hallowed ground. And it is fitting that they do, for Gettysburg marked not only the high tide of the Confederacy and the turning point of the war, but also the greatest cannonade ever seen in this hemisphere. In no battle of the Civil War did artillery play a more decisive role than it did here, and no factor contributed more to the Union victory than the superior handling...