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 Thomas S. Dickey  and Peter C. George, Field Artillery Projectiles of the American Civil War, rev. edition 1993

 John Gibbons, The Artillerist Manual, 2nd Edition, 1863

 Philip Katcher and Ron Volstad American Civil War Armies Union Troops (2), 1986

 Dean S. Thomas, Cannons: An Introduction to Civil War Artillery, 1985

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Arms and Equipment of the Union

 T. M. Eddy,  The Patriotism of Illinois. A Record of the Civil and Military History of the State in the War for the Union, with a History of the Campaigns in Which Illinois Soldiers Have Been Conspicuous, Sketches of Distinguished Officers, the Roll of the Illustrious Dead, Movements of the Sanitary and Christian Commission. 2 vols. Chicago: 1865-1866.

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