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Registration for the 2025 CDSG Conference to be held in the Boston area April 23 to 27. -
American Coast Artillery Matérial, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, ODD #2042 (1922), CDSG Press hardcover reprint This reference work on coast artillery ordnance material was originally published by the Office of the Chief of Ordnance in June 1922 as Ordnance Department Document No. 2042. -
American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide Third Edition, edited by Mark Berhow (2015), CDSG Press reference manual for the interpretation of the historical remains and documents of US harbor defenses. -
Back in stock! Artillerists and Engineers: The Beginnings of American Seacoast Fortifications, 1794-1815, by Colonel Arthur P. Wade, U.S. Army. Paperback, 226 pages. CDSG Original Publication. This work covers a much-neglected subject in American seacoast defense references, the First and Second Systems. Col. Wade’s work is the only detailed reference-work in publication on the subject. -
Artillery at the Golden Gate: The Harbor defenses of San Francisco in World War II. By Brian B. Chin Artillery at the Golden Gate tells the story of the “concrete soldiers,” the US Army coast artillery men who manned the huge seacoast rifles and underwater minefields, guarding the San Francisco harbor during World War II. -
Document set includes scanned copies of a variety of archival material for $50.00 This collection is available either as a download from the CDSG storage site (link sent after purchase) or USB drive sent by mail. The CDSG Document Collection contains the Annual Reports of the Chief of Coast Artillery (1901-1937); the Annual Reports of the Chief of Engineers (1866-1922); Army Directories (1893-1940); various official board reports (1886-1946); Board of Engineers Proceedings (1887-1905); several textbooks; a number of coast artillery reports; coast artillery war-game manuals; coast artillery Tables of Organization and Equipment (TOEs), The Histories of the Eastern, Southern, and Western Defense Commands (1945); army coast artillery field and training manuals (FMs & TMs); the gun and carriage record cards; coast artillery related Ordnance Department Documents (ODDs); coast artillery army Training Manuals; coast artillery army Training Regulations (1905-1930); coast artillery army unit history record cards and documents; the Office of the Chief of Engineers Engineer Board Mimeograph series (1895 -1923); PDF books, unit histories from Army files, Army directories, and various other documents.- ARMY MANUALS INCLUDES
- Army Extension Course, Special Text No. 39, The Harbor Defense Command, 1939 Edition
- Army Extension Course, Special Text No. 27, Coast Artillery Ammunition, 1935 Edition
- War Department, Coast Artillery Drill Regulations, US Army, 1914, 228 pages
- War Department, Coast Artillery Material Drill & Target Practice, fourth revision, 1917
- War Department, Manual for Submarine Mining, Edition of 1912, 150 pages
- Seacoast & Harbor Defense Carriage Descriptions (1920s?)
- Mobile Carriage Descriptions (1920s?)
- Damage Tables Seacoast Artillery against Naval Targets, 1942
- Training Regulations Coast Artillery Corps (1920s)
- Field Manuals 1940s Coast Artillery
- Ordnance Department Documents (Instructions for mounting, using and caring for)
- Training Manuals (1940s)
- ARMY MANUALS INCLUDES
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Complete CDSG Document Collection in PDF form for the modern era (1890-1945) Harbor Defense Fortifications built by the United States. A collection of historical documentation for each fort and military reservation arranged by defended harbor area. -
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CDSG Publications Collection
- The electronic versions of the entire set of the back issues of the CDSG News/Journal/Newsletter
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CDSG T-Shirts – international orders. We offer shirts in four colors (red, black, blue, khaki) and four sizes (L, XL, XXL, XXXL) with CDSG logos on the front and back. -
CDSG logo shirts, Domestic Shipping. We offer shirts in four colors (red, black, blue, khaki) and four sizes (L, XL, XXL, XXXL) with CDSG logos on the front and back.
