Artillery NCOs in the Civil War

Abstract

Artillery Noncommissioned Officers (NCO) were key to the success of Civil War artillery. After the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, southern states begin to secede from the Union. The Civil War began in April 1861 with the Confederates firing on Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Union forces numbered around 2,100,000 and Confederate forces numbered around 850,000. The war resulted in around 620,000 total dead (McPherson 202). The Civil War ended when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant in April of 1865.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 2005
Accession Number
AD1138262

Entities

People

  • Roy D. Lee

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Ammunition Fragments
  • Army
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Artillery Units
  • Civil War
  • Civil War (United States)
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Guns
  • Howitzers
  • Infantry
  • Munitions
  • New York
  • Noncommissioned Officers
  • Rifles
  • Small Arms
  • Small Arms Ammunition
  • South Carolina
  • Training
  • War
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • History
  • Sociology

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.