Excellent reading and for reference here are some from my own library:
“Artillery and Ammunition of the Civil War”, by Warren Ripley, published by Promontory Press 1970.
“Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War”, by James C. Hazlett, Edwin Olmstead, and M. Hume Parks, published by the University of Delaware Press, 1983 & 1988.
“The Big Guns”, Civil War Siege, Seacoast, and Naval Cannon, by Edwin Olmstead, Wayne E. Stark and Spencer C. Tucker. Published by Museum Restoration Service, 1997.
“The Lifesaving Guns of David Lyle”, by J.P. Barnett with a Preface by Harold L. Peterson.
ARTILLERY PROJECTILES:
“Field Artillery Projectiles of the American Civil War”, by Thomas S. Dickey and Peter c. George, Arsenal Press 1980.