CDSG DOWNLOADS
A new set of books is available from the CDSG Press: American Seacoast Forts a Directory in four printed volumes. Download the flyer for ordering details, order from the CDSG Shop or order from Amazon.
CDSG Membership Materials
These are PDF files of the CDSG membership brochures and “recruiting” posters. Download these documents, get some copies made, and take them with you when visit museums, parks, and used bookstores. Your help in promoting the CDSG is appreciated.
CDSG Documents, newsletters & journal sample
Lists and other CDSG downloads
- Table of contents collection for the Journal of United States Artillery (1892-1922)
- Table of contents collection for the Coast Artillery Journal (1922-1954)
- Table of contents collection for Liaison (1918-1920)
- First, Second, and Third System fort list
- List of Forts and Batteries 1890-1945 (revised September 2024)
- Coast Artillery 1920s era harbor defense map downloads (Directory page)
- PDF documents on the Coast Artillery Corps (Directory page)
- Bibliography of CDSG publications and other books on forts and harbor defense locations
- Panama Canal Zone Site Visit March 16-27, 2013
CDSG Special Tours: After Action Reports from the CDSG Newsletter:
Extensively illustrated coverage of all the artillery sites visited on these special tours collected into a single PDF
Past CDSG Conferences: After Action Reports from the CDSG Newsletter:
Corps of Engineers and Coast Defense (2024)
A new history of the Corps Engineers and coastal defenses. Shield for the Republic: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Defense of the Coast 1776-1950 Office Of History, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Alexandria, VA. 2024 EH 870-1-83. It can be downloaded from this link.
Fixed Seacoast Artillery Book
Jack Buckmeir’s book “Coast Artillery Technical Manual, Fixed Seacoast Artillery, Ordnance and Ammuntion, Manufacturing, Installation, Operation and Maintenance” is a nice short introduction to US modern era seacoast artillery. Download a PDF of the Buckmeir Book here.
Seacoast Defense Fortification Preservation Manual Downloads
- Historic Preservation Fortification Handbook (Washington State 2003)
- Seacoast Fortifications Preservation Manual (Golden Gate Nat. Rec. Area, 1999)
- Stabilization and Preservation of DoD-owned Military Fortifications (DOD Legacy Resource Management Program PROJECT 05-239, 2006)
National Park Service History Studies
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA.
https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/publications.htm
A excellent collection of historic studies are on this NPS web page. Studies include Fort Point, The Presidio of San Francisco, Fort Mason, and Forts Baker, Barry and Cronkhite.
Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, CA
Gulf Islands National Seashore, Pensacola, FL
Gateway National Recreation Area, New York, NY
Coast Defense Study Group on-line presentations presented on November 7, 2020
Click Links to view! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwferAroOchSrim6Z7EPKag
Fortress Study Group on-line presentations of interest to the members of the CDSG
Click Links to view! Thanks to the FSG and the authors for sharing!
PDF Download files
- US Army Owned, Sponsored and Leased Facilities, 31 Dec 1945
- Coast Artillery Power Plants (revised and Illustrated 1993 Journal article)
- Manual for GE 25 Kw generator (Instruction book)
- Scan of original print of the 1915 War Department Board of Review report
- Experimental Firing at Type Seacoast Emplacement, Fort Morgan, AL, March 13 & 14, 1916 38 MB
- Test Firing Against Obsolete Battleship at Pensacola, 1920
- Damage Tables Seacost Artillery Against Naval Vessels” 1942 (3.5 MB)
- Special Corregidor photo collection ZIP file download Click link to go to photo download page
- Nike Air Defense Manuals (provided by Cory Newman)
- FM 44-8, Army Air Defense Command Posts, 1962, w/ change 1, 1964 (75 pp)
- FM 44-10, Army Air Defense Fire Distribution Center AN-FSG-1(Missile Master), Feb 1963, 110 pp
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