Both the Union and Confederate artillery forces used several types of rifled field artillery in the Civil War. One of the more common rifled field guns was the 3 inch Parrot Rifle, named after its inventor, Robert Parker Parrott. There were actually two types of 3 inch Parrott guns. The original models, first manufactured in [...]
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In July 1863, Union forces Major General Quincy Gillmore’s Army of the South landed on Morris Island outside Charleston, South Carolina. Gillmore’s objective was to take control of Charleston Harbor and eventually, Charleston itself. Charleston and vicinity was heavily defended, including Battery Wagner on Morris Island, artillery emplacements on James and Sullivan’s Islands, and Fort [...]
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The Model 1841 12 Pounder Mountain Howitzer was a lightweight, scaled down field artillery weapon that was used by both the Union and Confederate armies. Most field artillery in the Civil War was transported by using teams of horses to pull the weapons, but mountain howitzers were designed to be taken apart and the components [...]
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