Artillery Hell: The Employment of Artillery at Antietam (Texas a & M University Military History Series)

In Artillery Hell 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 confronting the senior artillerists on the eve of a great battle. Anderson's clear and concise discussion of different types of artillery guns and their capabilities and ammunition is presented in language accessible not only to military historians but to all those interested in the war and its deadliest single day of battle.