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• Letter to the Hon. John B. Floyd, Secretary of War, Presenting for His Consideration a New Plan for the Fortification of Certain Points of the Seacoast of the United States (Washington: W. A. Harris, 1858), by James St. C. Morton (multiple formats at Google)
• Memoir on American Fortification: Submitted to the Hon. John B. Floyd, Secretary of War (Washington: W. A. Harris, 1859), by James St. C. Morton
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Memoir on the Dangers and Defences of New York City: Addressed to the Hon. John B. Floyd, Secretary of War (Washington: W. A. Harris, 1858), by James St. C. Morton (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Letter to the Hon. John B. Floyd, Secretary of War, Presenting for His Consideration a New Plan for the Fortification of Certain Points of the Seacoast of the United States (Washington: W. A. Harris, 1858), by James St. C. Morton (multiple formats at Google)
• The Battle of the Swash and the Capture of Canada (New York: C. T. Dillingham, c1888), by Samuel Barton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Installation and Maintenance of Fire Control Systems at Seacoast Fortifications, 1914 (corrected to April 15, 1917; Washington: GPO, 1917), by United States Army Signal Corps (page images at HathiTrust)

• Russian Influence on Early America (New York: Library Publishers, c1953), by Clarence Augustus Manning (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Gregson Memoirs, by Eliza Marshall Gregson and James Gregson (HTML at LOC)

• Bent's Old Fort and its Builders (reprinted from Kansas State Historical Society Collections, ca. 1923), by George Bird Grinnell (page images at HathiTrust)

• The History of Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas, From Contemporary Narratives and Letters (National Park Service source book series #3; 1943), ed. by Albert C. Manucy (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The History of Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas, From Contemporary Narratives and Letters (National Park Service source book series #3, reprint; 1945), ed. by Albert C. Manucy (page images at HathiTrust)

• The History of Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas, From Contemporary Narratives and Letters (National Park Service source book series #3; 1943), ed. by Albert C. Manucy (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The History of Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas, From Contemporary Narratives and Letters (National Park Service source book series #3, reprint; 1945), ed. by Albert C. Manucy (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ouiatanon Documents (Indiana Historical Society Publications v18 #2; 1955), ed. by Frances Krauskopf (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Fort Raleigh National Historic Site: Historic Resource Study (1999), by Christine Trebellas and William R. Chapman (PDF at National Park Service)

• An Address in Commemoration of the Re-Establishment of the National Flag at Fort Sumter (Philadelphia: Sherman and Co., 1865), by George Dana Boardman (HTML and page images at Emory)
• The Correspondence Between the Commissioners of the State of So. Ca. to the Government at Washington and the President of the United States Together with the Statement of Messrs. Miles and Keitt (Charleston, SC: Evans and Cogswell, 1861), by South Carolina Convention (1860-1862)
  • HTML and TEI at UNC
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 (New York: Harper and Bros., 1876), by Abner Doubleday
  • Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Fall of the Alamo: An Historical Drama in Four Acts, Concluded by an Epilogue Entitled The Battle of San Jacinto (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1879), by Francis Nona
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Inez: A Tale of the Alamo (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1855), by Augusta J. Evans (page images and uncorrected OCR text at Indiana)
• Inez: A Tale of the Alamo (Federal Book Company edition), by Augusta J. Evans (Gutenberg text)
• The Texan Scouts: A Story of the Alamo and Goliad, by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • page images at uky.edu
  • Gutenberg text

• Remember the Alamo, by Amelia E. Barr (Gutenberg text)

• Betty Zane, by Zane Grey (Gutenberg text)
• Betty Zane (with illustrations by the author; New York: C. Francis Press, c1903), by Zane Grey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Betty Zane (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1903), by Zane Grey, illust. by Louis F. Grant (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Last Trail, by Zane Grey (Gutenberg text)
• The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley, by Zane Grey (Gutenberg text)

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• A Treatise on Field Fortification, Containing Instructions on the Methods of Laying Out, Constructing, Defending, and Attacking Intrenchments; With the General Outlines Also of the Arrangement, the Attack And Defence of Permanent Fortifications (third edition, revised and enlarged; New York: J. Wiley, 1856), by D. H. Mahan (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Treatise on Field Fortification, Containing Instructions on the Methods of Laying Out, Constructing, Defending, and Attacking Intrenchments; With the General Outlines Also of the Arrangement, the Attack And Defence of Permanent Fortifications (third edition, revised and enlarged; New York: J. Wiley, 1860), by D. H. Mahan (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Condition Red: Marine Defense Battalions in World War II, by Charles D. Melson (illustrated HTML at Ibiblio)

• The Eureka Stockade, by Raffaello Carboni
  • HTML and PDF at University of Sydney
  • Gutenberg text

• A Treatise on Field Fortification, Containing Instructions on the Methods of Laying Out, Constructing, Defending, and Attacking Intrenchments; With the General Outlines Also of the Arrangement, the Attack And Defence of Permanent Fortifications (fourth edition; Richmond, VA: West and Johnston, 1862), by D. H. Mahan
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Hadrian's Wall (London: John Lane, 1922), by Jessie Mothersole
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• The History and Antiquities of The Tower of London, With Memoirs of Royal and Distinguished Persons, Deduced From Records, State-Papers, and Manuscripts, and From Other Original and Authentic Sources (2 volumes; London: T. Cadell, 1821-1825), by John Bayley
  • Part I (may be mislabeled as Volume II): page images at Ohio Memory
  • Part II (may be mislabeled as Volume I): page images at Ohio Memory
• An Exact Abridgement of the Records in the Tower of London, From the Reign of King Edward the Second, Unto King Richard the Third, of All the Parliaments Holden in Each Kings Reign, and the Several Acts in Every Parliament; Together With the Names and Titles of All the Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts, and Barons, Summoned To Every of the Said Parliaments (originally collected by Cotton, revised by Prynne; London: Printed for W. Leake, 1657), ed. by Robert Cotton and William Prynne, contrib. by Robert Bowyer and William Morrell
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • HTML at EEBO TCP

• Probestücke von Städtemauern des Alten Griechenlands (in German; Munich et al.: J. G. Cotta, 1831), by William Gell (page images at HathiTrust)

• Fortalezas y Castillos en la Edad Media (Maqueda y Escalona) (Madrid: Tip. de A. Avrial, 1895), by Felipe Benicio Navarro
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Romantic Castles and Palaces as Seen and Described by Famous Writers (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1901), ed. by Esther Singleton (illustrated HTML with commentary at elfinspell.com)

• The Castle of Ehrenstein: Its Lords Spiritual and Temporal; Its Inhabitants Earthly and Unearthly (Collection of British Authors v115; Leipzig: B. Tauchnitz Jr., 1847), by G. P. R. James (Gutenberg text)
• The House of Whispers, by William Le Queux (Gutenberg text)
• The Mysteries of Udolpho, by Ann Radcliffe (Gutenberg text)
• The Mysteries of Udolpho: A Romance Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry (third edition, 4 volumes; London: Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1795), by Ann Radcliffe (page images at HathiTrust)

• Installation and Maintenance of Fire Control Systems at Seacoast Fortifications, 1914 (corrected to April 15, 1917; Washington: GPO, 1917), by United States Army Signal Corps (page images at HathiTrust)
• Condition Red: Marine Defense Battalions in World War II, by Charles D. Melson (illustrated HTML at Ibiblio)

• Hand-Book of Field Fortifications and Artillery; Also Manual for Light and Heavy Artillery (Richmond, VA: J.W. Randolph, 1861), by Egbert L. Viele
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• A Treatise on Field Fortification, Containing Instructions on the Methods of Laying Out, Constructing, Defending, and Attacking Intrenchments; With the General Outlines Also of the Arrangement, the Attack And Defence of Permanent Fortifications (third edition, revised and enlarged; New York: J. Wiley, 1856), by D. H. Mahan (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Treatise on Field Fortification, Containing Instructions on the Methods of Laying Out, Constructing, Defending, and Attacking Intrenchments; With the General Outlines Also of the Arrangement, the Attack And Defence of Permanent Fortifications (third edition, revised and enlarged; New York: J. Wiley, 1860), by D. H. Mahan (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Treatise on Field Fortification, Containing Instructions on the Methods of Laying Out, Constructing, Defending, and Attacking Intrenchments; With the General Outlines Also of the Arrangement, the Attack And Defence of Permanent Fortifications (fourth edition; Richmond, VA: West and Johnston, 1862), by D. H. Mahan
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Trench Warfare (Menasha, WI: G. Banta Pub. Co., c1917), by James A. Moss (page images at HathiTrust)

• Limesforschungen (in German) (partial serial archives)

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