The CDSG Press provides copies of the back issues of CDSG publications: both the quarterly CDSG Journal/Newletter and the information packages put together for the annual meetings. In a addition, the Press has begun to republish rare out-of-print original source material on American coastal defenses.
CDSG ePress, The CDSG Publications CD/DVD ROM contains PDF files for each issue of the entire set of CDSG News/Journal/Newsletter. NOW featuring fully searchable text for all volumes. $55.00 domestic/international. If you have already purchased this set, you may obtain an updated set by sending the original CD insert (as proof of purchase) with a check or money order made out to the CDSG Press for $10.00 domestic/international to Mark Berhow, PO Box 6124, Peoria, IL 61601-6124 and he will send you CDs with all the current stuff.
The CDSG prepares a packet of notes and documents for each conference held. These usually consit of the various achival documents that are now offered digitally as a series of PDF files as part of the CDSG ePress. Additional handout materials from the previous conferences have been incorperated into these Harbor Defense files. See the CDSG ePress pages for more details. The tours and approximate number of DVDS are listed below. For more information and pricing for these collections, Please contact Mark Berhow (berhowma@comcast.net).
Manila Bay, PI 1991 (1 DVD); Oahu, Hawaii 1991 (1 DVD); Los Angeles/San Diego 1992 (1 DVD); Canal Zone, Panama 1993 (1 DVD); Long Island Sound 1994 (1 DVD); Pensacola & Mobile 1994 (1 DVD); Delaware River 1996 (1 DVD); New York 1997 (2 DVD); Tampa/Key West 1998 (1 DVD); Columbia River 1999(2 DVD); Chesapeake Bay 2000 (2 DVD); Portsmouth/North Boston 2001(1 DVD); Mississippi River 2002 (1 DVD); Long Island Sound 2003 (2 DVD); Charleston/Savannah 2004 (1 DVD); Portland 2005 (1 DVD); San Francisco 2006 (1 DVD); Boston 2007 (1 DVD); Galveston 2008 (1 DVD); Baltimore/Washington 2009 (1 DVD); Puget Sound 2010 (3 DVDs); Wilmington, NC 2010 (1 CD); Narragansett Bay/New Bedford 2011 (1DVD)
Notes on Seacoast Fortification Construction by Col. Eben E. Winslow (1920) CDSG Press hard cover reprint of text with 29 plates included as a separate paperback volume: $45 domestic / $60 international
Seacoast Artillery Weapons (Technical Manual 9-210, 13 Oct. 1944) by the War Department. CDSG Press hard cover reprint of technical manual on the principal types of US Army coast artillery used in WWII. $25 domestic / $35 international
Service of the Coast Artillery by F. Hinds and F.W. Ward (1910) CDSG Press hard cover reprint of a manual prepared for new officers joining the Coast Artillery Corps. $40 domestic / $60 international
Permanent Fortifications and Sea-Coast Defenses, Congressional Report No. 62, U.S. House of Rep. (1862) hard cover reprint $30 domestic / $45 international
American Coast Artillery Matérial, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, ODD #2042 (1922) CDSG Press hardcover reprint. $45 domestic / $65 international
American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide Second Edition, edited by Mark Berhow (2004) CDSG Press soft cover reference manual for the interpretation of the historical remains and documents of US harbor defenses. $45 domestic / $80 international
The Endicott and Taft Board Reports, 2007 CDSG reprint of the 1886, 1906, and 1915 Fortification Board reports, CDSG Press repirnt hardcover, with the Endicott Report plates included as a separate bound paperback. $45 domestic / $80 international
Our first "print on demand" book from lulu.com:
Artillerists and Engineers: The Beginnings of American Seacoast Fortifications, 1794-1815, by Colonel Arthur P. Wade, U.S. Army. Paperback, 226 pages. Click this link to order with credit card direct from Lulu.com for $20 plus shipping , or from the CDSG Press for $25 US/$40 internstional.
The CDSG Membership Committee is pleased to offer custom-made hats, T-shirts, and patches to our membership. Wearing these hats, T-shirts and patches are a great way to make others aware of the CDSG and its goals. It is also an excellent way to promote new memberships in the CDSG. The CDSG logo was designed especially for the CDSG, and combine the Coast Artillery Corps and the Corps of Engineers symbols to reflect their involvement in U.S. coastal defenses. Theseshirts, hats and patches will show your membership in the CDSG. To order your hat, T-shirt or patch, please complete the order form below and send it along with your check (in US currency, made out to CDSG, Inc.) to Terry McGovern, 1700 Oak Lane, McLean, VA 22101-3326, tcmcgovern@att.net
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