RESEARCH RESOURCES FROM THE CDSG
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CDSG Publications produces two quarterly publications – the CDSG Newsletter and the Coast Defense Journal – the CDSG Newsletter provides current news and short reports on CDSG’s activities and on fortifications and coast artillery, while the Coast Defense Journal contains articles on the history of coast defenses/fortifications, as well as book reviews.
CDSG Press and CDSG ePress provides access to a number of important historical documents, reports, manuals, and articles on the seacoast fortifications of the United States of America. The CDSG press offers six reprints of rare coast artillery books and three original books. The CDSG ePress provides digitized National Archives documents along with other materials on the harbor defenses of the United States Army. This includes a collection of historical documentation on the harbor defense structures: batteries, fire control, mine support, searchlights, garrison buildings etc., built at the various harbor locations—in three collections: the CDSG Documents Collection, the CDSG Harbor Defense Collection, and the CDSG Publications Collection.
CDSG Downloads are a small collection of PDF documents that range from CDSG Membership materials to a few coast artillery documents.
CDSG Special Offers are a collection of publications for sale by CDSG members on coast defense subjects. Order these publications directly from CDSG members and others.
FortWiki website provides information on an extensive set of American forts and military reservations. If you are interested in general information about a fort or gun battery, including details on its current status, this is the site for you. It has nearly 7,000 content pages, over 26,000 total pages, and nearly 12,500 images. Not only does it prominently feature the American seacoast defense works, forts, and batteries, but it also covers a wide range of U.S. military sites used for air defense, radar, control centers, missile detection, communications, Army Air and Air Force fields and bases, arsenals, proving grounds, and more. John Stanton began FortWiki.com in August 2005 using the open-source Wikimedia software. John and his wife have spent over 15 years traveling the US and Canada, visiting as many fortifications as possible and adding pages to FortWiki. In 2024 John transferred ownership of the FortWiki domain and site to the CDSG, which will continue to host this site as an additional resource for the interpretation of military history.
