March, 2008

One new definition in the Dictionary of Fortification covering the basic technical nomenclature of  masonry arches has been added. Until I started pressing to get this page done about five months ago I hadn't realized just how long it is taking to run new material from inception to presentation.

October, 2007

Two new image sets have been added to Fortification Images: Redan Batteries in the land defenses at Grand Gulf, Mississippi and the Old Arsenal powder magazine at Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

May, 2007

Fortification Images coverage of the Railroad Redoubt at Vicksburg has been supplemented with several new images, one of which shows some of the damage caused by relic hunting vandals that occurred several days before the site was re-photographed. Visitors to this website are reminded that relic hunting on public property (state and federal) is a very serious crime; messing up my photographs with the evidence of stupid and inconsiderate behavior is really not very nice either.

March, 2007

Fortification Images has a new set of older photographs shot in March, 1999 of the quadrilateral field fort at Grenada, Mississippi.

Fortification Images has a new image set covering Fort Jackson on the Savannah River, Georgia.

January, 2007

Two texts have been added to the Fortification Library:

Bailly, E. Cours Élémentaire De Fortification Par E. Bailly Capitaine Du Génie. Première Partie Fortification Passagère. Publication De La Réunion Des Officiers. Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave, 1875. iv, 112. Table des Matières. 9 folding plates. (French Text)

And

Campbell, E. S. N. A Dictionary Of The Military Science: Containing An Explanation Of The Principal Terms Used In Mathematics, Artillery, and Fortification, And Comprising The Substance Of The Latest Regulations On Courts Martial, Pay, Pension, Allowances, Etc. A Comparative Table Of Ancient And Modern Geography; Achievements Of The British Army; With An Address to Gentlemen Entering The Army. New Edition. London : James Maynard, 1844. xii, 284. 2 Page Publisher's Catalogue. Illustrations in Text.

Plus

Several other short articles relevant to the attack and defense of field fortifications during the Civil War.

September, 2006

Images of Fort Barrancas near Pensacola, Florida have been added to Fortification Images.

Can't Remember When I Messed This Up

Fortification Library Menu Page was changed and several new titles were added over the course of the summer of 2006.

June, 2006

Two new titles have been added to the Fortification Library: Q. A. Gillmore's 1862 report on the Siege and Reduction of Fort Pulaski and O. H. Ernst's 1873 Manual of Practical Military Engineering.

September 26, 2005

Thirteen Images of Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis' old digs in Biloxi, Mississippi (before the storm) added as a Side Trip to the Fortification Images section.

September, 2005

Images of the Ray House at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield added to Sides Trips in the Fortification Images section.

April 14, 2005

~Recent Pages Added to Fortification Images~

Grenada, Mississippi. Redoubt Traced on an Irregular Hexagon

Fortress Rosecrans. Curtain No. 2, Lunettes Thomas and Palmer

Vicksburg, Mississippi. Logan's Approach: Jackson Road Attack

October 27, 2004

Please be aware that the electronic message address of this website has changed to:

Unfortunately, the old address has been forged on some pretty disgusting spam in recent days. If you happen to receive any email with the old address on it, please let me know as soon as possible.... and whatever you do, do not open it.

September, 2004

Fortification Library Featured Text has been restored. Featured Texts are presented online on a temporary basis and then will be available on CD by Special Order.