Written in 1814 when the Prince Regent ordered a Rocket Corps added to the Royal Artillery, Congreve’s own account sets out how a troop of rocket horse artillery was organised, equipped and deployed: the cavalry, ammunition horses, rocket cars and field works. It is about drill and organisation, not manufacture.
A primary source on the weapon whose red glare lit up Fort McHenry, for students of Napoleonic warfare. Download the free EPUB.