Cannons of Unity- A Documentary of Battery "A" 1st Michigan Light Artillery 1861-1865

Civil War

Coldwater (Mich.)

Branch County (Mich.)

1st Michigan Light Artillery

A documentary on the Battery "A" 1st Michigan Light Artillery and the Battle of Chickamauga.

Q-1 Video Network, Inc.

Lyle D. Burgess

Q-1 Video Network, Inc.

1990

Funded by: Coldwater American Legion Post #52, Kiwanis Club of Coldwater, Plante & Moran, CPA, of Coldwater

Personal narrative by Lyle D. Burgess

Written by Lyle D. Burgess

Hosted by Kevin Ireland

Comments by: John Cissel, Chief Ranger, Chickamauga/Chattanooga, National Military Park

Additional narration by:
Ken Delaney- Gen. Absolom Baird
Cindy Ireland- Mattie Ready
Jim Whelan- Scripture
Bobby Hankins- Gen. St. John Liddell
Marian C. Burgess- Mary Austin Wallace
Tim Hart- Announcer: Col. Benjamin Scribner
Lyle D. Burgess- Gen. Ulysses Grant

Artwork by Michael C. Wren

Sound effects by Jeffrey Gilman

Videotape camera operation by Ron Philbrick

Edited by Lyle D. Burgess and Ron Philbrick

Sound by Q-1 Video Network, Inc.

Film footage "The Birth Of A Nation" by D.W. Griffith

Reenactment photograph by Lyle D. Burgess

Company guide on photography by Phyllis Briggs

Computer graphics by Carolyn Variell

Computer animation by Ron Philbrick

Scripting by Marian C. Burgess and Betsy Philbrick

Edited and mixed in the studios of Q-1 Video Network, Inc., Coldwater, Michigan

Music:
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"- Music and lyrics by Patrick S. Gilmore
"Home, Sweet Home"- Music by Sir Henry Bishop, Lyrics by John Howard Payne
"Cannons of Unity" additional music by Peter Burgess and Lyle D. Burgess

Musicians:
Peter Burgess (keyboards)
Dori Dally (flute)
Dave Collins (drums)
Jammie Lothamer (vocals)
Lyle D. Burgess (guitar)
Kevin Ireland (piano)

Some musical equipment furnished by The Music Store, Coldwater, Michigan

Music recorded and mixed in the studios of Q-1 Video Network, Inc., Coldwater, Michigan

Special thanks to:
Branch County, MI, Library System
Chickamauga/Chattanooga National Military Park Ft. Oglethorpe, GA
Coldwater, Michigan Board of Public Utilities
Coldwater, Michigan High School
Confederama, Chattanooga, TN
Kiwanis Club of Coldwater, Michigan
Elnore Paris of Coldwater, Michigan
Plante and Moran, CPA, Coldwater, Michigan
The Music Store, Coldwater, Michigan
U.S. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Wing House Museum, Coldwater, Michigan

Photo acknowledgements:
American Heritage Picture Collection
American Image Gallery
Atwater Kent Museum
Bettman Archive
Branch County Library System
Bobbs-Merrill Co.
Boston Athenaeum
Bowdoin College Library
Brown University Library
Chicago Historical Society
Chickamauga/Chattanooga National Military Park
Cincinnati Art Museum
Confederate Memorial Hall
Confederate Museum of New Orleans
Detroit Public Library
E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co.
Fine Arts Gallery of the South
Florida State Archives
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Magazine
Gettysburg National Military Park
Grand Central Art Galleries
Harper's Weekly
Jay P. Altmayer Collection
Kentucky Military Historical Museum
Kunhardt Collection
L.C. Handy Studios
Lloyd Ostendorff Collection
Louisiana State Museum
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Meserve Collection
Michigan State Archives
Military History Institute
Minnesota Historical Society
New York Historical Society
New York Public Library
Ohio Historical Society
Rochester Museum and Science Center
A.A. Rockefeller Folk Art Collection
Seventh Regiment Fund, Inc.
Smith College of Northampton, Massachusetts
Smithsonian Institute
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
State Museum of Pennsylvania
Tennessee State Library and Archives
Tennessee State Museum
The Confederate Museum
The Sporting Gallery
Tulane University
U.S. Army Center of Military History
U.S. Army Military History Institute
U.S. Library of Congress
U.S. Military Academy
U.S. National Archives
U.S. National Museum
U.S. Navel Academy
University of South Carolina
Valentine Museum of Richmond
West Point Museum
Western Reserve Historical Society
Wing House Museum
Wood Print Collection (and other collections)

Staging by Kim Philbrick

Copyright 1990 by Q-1 Video Network, Inc. Used with permission.

English

Coldwater (Mich.)

United States of America

Branch County (Mich.)

Coldwater (Mich.)

United States of America

Copyright 1990 by Q-1 Video Network, Inc. Used with permission.

Donated to Branch District Library. Permission to use for historical preservation purposes.

VHS Cassette

1 hour 55 minutes 6 seconds

MPEG-4, H.264 Compression

Lyle D. Burgess

Lyle D. Burgess