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Genre/Form: | Academic theses History Military history |
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Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Arthur P Wade; Coast Defense Study Group (U.S.) |
ISBN: | 9780974816722 0974816728 |
OCLC Number: | 919251916 |
Notes: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D. -- Kansas State University, 1971). |
Description: | 266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm |
Contents: | The genesis of national seacoast defenses, 1794 -- The Corps of Artillerists ano [sic] Engineers, 1794-1795 -- Professional instruction begun-and rejected, 1796-1797 -- Reorganization for the quasi-war, 1793-1799 -- Turbulence of a change of administration, 1800-1801 -- Reduction of the Army and separation, 1802 -- Artillerists, engineers, and Louisiana, 1803-1805 -- Old defenses and new theories, 1806 -- Origins of the second system, 1807-1808 -- Madison, Eustis, and the second system, 1809-1810 -- To the eve of war, 1811-1812 -- The crucible of combat, 1812-1815 -- Appendix A: Organization of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers July 1795 -- Appendix B: The Hamilton-Henry proposals for the reorganization of the Army -- December 1798 -- Appendix C: Stations and nominal organization of the Regiments of Artillerists and Engineers -- June 1799 -- Appendix D: Stations of the Regiment of Artillerists summer-fall 1802 -- Appendix E: Membership of the United States Military Philosophical Society 1807-1809 -- Appendix F: Status of seacoast fortifications -- December 1808 -- Appendix G: Report of the Secretary of War on seacoast fortifications and batteries -- December 1811 -- Appendix H: Commanders of seacoast fortifications 1794-1812 -- Biography of Arthur P. Wade. |
Responsibility: | by Arthur P. Wade. |
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