WEBSITE UPDATES

Remember ALL 2024 CDSG memberships will EXPIRE on Dec. 31, 2024. Renew or join online for 2025 at Membership Registration

updates

11/15/2024:

The Winter 2024 publications were sent to the printer. The contents of the Winter 2024 (Volume 38, Issue 4) Coast Defense Journal is posted on the Journal Content Page, the Winter 2024 CDSG Newsletter is posted on the newsletter page. Expect mail delivery by mid-December

9/27/2024:

Deteails for the 2025 CDSG Boston are now posted as a flyer. Details and a download are on the events page.

9/27/2024:

The FortWiki site (http://www.fortwiki.com/Fort_Wiki) is dedicated to providing information on an extensive set of American forts and military reservations. The CDSG has taken over ownership of the site from member John Stanton. More details are on the CDSG Forts and Battery Page.

9/14/2024:

Jack Buckmeir’s short book on breech loading seacoast artillery guns is a nice introduction to the subject. A downloadable copy is posted on the CDSG Download Page

7/23/2024:

Updated CDSG Endangered Site list with new listing for Battery Logan on Sullivans Island South Carolina on the CDSG Preservation Page: https://cdsg.org/preservation-interpretation/

7/10/2024:

Updated the CDSG conference group pictures page through 2024.

7/9/2024:

Another updated revised version of the Surviving Gun List is posted on the CDSG Download page. The current version of the Modern Seacoast Fort and Battery List is also posted there.

5/18/2024:

The CDSG meeting attendance roster has been updated through 2024. Posted on the CDSG Download Page

3/8/2024:

From member Dale Floyd: a two-part study on field fortifications at Civil War battlefields in central Virginia. Link on Downloads page

1/5/2024:

There are are still CDSG Membership copies of Pacific Fortress, A History of the Seacoast Defenses of Hawaii by Glen Williford available. A Special offer for $45 ($10 off suggested retail, price includes media mail postage) per author-signed copy. See Special Offers: Redoubt Press.

6/25/2023:

Links to the International Fortress Council is on the CDSG Main page, both their IFC website and the 3rd issue of the 2023 edition of the IFC newsletter

11/07/2022:

Seacoast Fortification Preservation manual collection has been updated to a total of 3 manuals. A 2006 manual prepared by DoD has been added. Visit the Preservation page or the download page and scroll down to the links to download these manuals!

10/22/2022:

Jim Controvich has compiled a index to all the unit histories and some of the memoirs that mention units from the Coast Defense Study Group publications and a few other sources. Download the index from this link.

6/4/2022:

The extensively illustrated reports of the CDSG Special Tours to Norway (2013), Switzerland (2019) and Singapore (2020) originally published in the CDSG Newsletter have collated into single documents and have been posted as “Special Tour Editions.” You can download copies from the CDSG Download Page under “Tours”

4/1/2022:

Towards the end of the CDSG Press book “American Seacoast Defences” 3^rd edition, are the words for the various CAC Songs. Here is a link to an audio recording of the 1934 Coast Artillery March “Crash On Artillery”: https://archive.org/details/78_crash-on-artillery-coast-artillery-marching-song_victor-military-band-the-four-c_gbia0055878/04+-+Crash+On!+Artillery+(Coast+Artiller+-+Victor+Military+Band.flac

2/17/2022:

Updates on the efforts to Save Historic Fort Wool. Visit the CDSG’s Save Fort Wool webpage: https://cdsg.org/savefortwool/

12/4/2021

Additional digitized histories of Coast Artillery unit organization (Barnes, 1924 and Harris 1949) have been added to the CAC organization pages: https://cdsg.org/u-s-army-coast-artillery-corps-1901-1950/ and-or https://cdsg.org/coast-artillery-corps/

8/1/2021:

New book from the CDSG Press: World War II Harbor Defenses of San Diego by H.R. Everett. Hardcover, 538 pages, 3.36 pounds ISBN 978-0974816753. Flyer with more information: WWII HD SD Flyer. List Price is $40: The book is available from the CDSG web shop, or you can order directly from Amazon.com

1/16/2019:

Added links to National Park Service historical studies on the forts at San Francisco, San Diego, Pensacola, and New York. Download links are on the CDSG Download Page

5/19/2018:

Updated the CDSG ByLaws and Articles of Incorporation with a new Code of Conduct addendum. These documents are available from the CDSG download page at https://cdsg.org/cdsg-downloads/

5/7/2018:

The Coast Defense Study Group (CDSG) and the Fort Monroe Authority Casemate Museum (FMA) have agreed to work together to provide a permanent repository where CDSG members can donate their coast artillery/defense collections (artifacts, books, photographs, documents, etc.). For more details see the CDSG Preservation page or download this document: CDSG_Special Collection_MOU_FMA_Casemate document