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This is an all-volunteer operation provided as a service to our members and other interested parties. Credit card orders are accepted on CDSG Shop webpage- cdsg.org/shop . For mail orders, please send check or money order in U.S. currency. Please note clearly in your order which items you are ordering and the address where they should be mailed. Allow at least 8-10 weeks for delivery.
Back Issues of the CDSG Publications & Electronic Documents
CDSG Publications 1985-2024 (Volumes 1-38)
Adobe portable document format (PDF) files USB drive or download $50
CDSG Documents USB Drive. Price: $50 domestic. These documents cover a range of historical material related to seacoast defenses — most from the National Archives. Included are PDFs of annual reports of the chief of coast artillery and chief of engineers; various board proceedings and reports; army directories; text books; tables of organization and equipment; WWII command histories; drill, field, training manuals and regulations; ordnance department documents; ordnance tables and compilations; and ordnance gun and carriage card records. $50
Documents related to specific harbor defenses. These PDF documents form the basis of the conference and special tour handouts that have been held at these locations. These collections are available as PDF files by harbor area from the CDSG. They include RCBs/RCWs; maps; annexes & supplements to defense projects; CD engineer notebooks; quartermaster building records; battery construction correspondence; inspection reports; and aerial photos taken by the signal corps 1920-40. Please consult CDSG EPress for more details. $250 for the entire collection, USB Drive or download. $250
Books and Reprints
All prices include domestic postage
Notes on Seacoast Fortification Construction $45
by Col. Eben E. Winslow, 1920, 428 pp. (1994) reprint; hard-cover, with 29 drawings in a separate soft-cover volume
Seacoast Artillery Weapons $25
by U.S. War Department, 1944, 202 pp. (1995) reprint paperback
Service of the Coast Artillery. $40
by F. Hines & F. Ward, 1910, 736 pp. (1997) reprint hard-cover
Permanent Fortifications and Sea-Coast Defenses $30
by U.S. Congress, 1862, 544 pp. (1998) reprint hard-cover
Handbook of American Coast Artillery Material. $45
by Ordnance Department Document #2042, 1922, 528 pp. reprint hard-cover (2001)
American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide Third Edition, $45
by Mark A. Berhow, 2015, 632 pp. (Third edition, hard-cover)
The Endicott and Taft Board Reports 1886, 1905 and 1915. $45
by U.S. Congress. Hardcover reprint (2007) with plates in separate softcover, 533 pp
Artillerists and Engineers: The Beginnings of American Seacoast Fortifications, 1794-1815 $25
by Colonel Arthur P. Wade, U.S. Army. Paperback, 226 pages.
World War II Harbor Defenses of San Diego
List Price $40: available from the CDSG shop, or order directly from Amazon.com
by H.R. Everett. Hardcover, 538 pages, 3.36 pounds ISBN 978-0974816753.
American Seacoast Forts: A Directory with Period Military Maps 1890-1950 in four volumes (Also available from Amazon list price $49.95)
- Volume 1: North Atlantic Coast -Portland to New York $40
- Volume 2: South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts-Chesapeake Bay to Galveston $40
- Volume 3: Pacific Coast-San Diego to Puget Sound $40
- Volume 4: Alaska and the Overseas Bases $40
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