Since heavy artillery made up the first line of defense of the United States, more attention was paid to it, and money spent on it, than on field artillery. In January, 1860 there were 61 forts and batteries that defended America’s coastal cities, this does not account…
Three sizes of carriages were used for field service in the Civil War first one being the No. 1 field carriage. This carriage supported the 6-pounder gun and 12-pounder field howitzer, 3-inch ordnance rifle, 2.9 (10-pounder) parrott rifle and the 3-inch parrott rifle. This carriage was used…
Since heavy artillery made up the first line of defense of the United States, more attention was paid to it, and money spent on it, than on field artillery. In January, 1860 there were 61 forts and batteries that defended America’s coastal cities, this does not account…