"Picture of King's Howitzer Packed?" Topic

The Daniel King howitzer was a small, ultra-light field piece that was first adopted in the 1790s by Anthony Wayne's Legion of the United States, and continued in US service at least through the War of 1812.

The King's howitzer broke down for pack carraige. Does anyone have an illustration of a King's howitzer packed? I'm getting ready to build a section for my Legion. In extremis I'll fake the packs, but I'd like to have a reference pic.

From a couple of posts on this forum [ link ]

General Wayne had the Legion break them down and transported on horse back for travel. The wheels and tube went on one horse and the rest of the carriage on the second horse.

I have a great article on the King Howitzer from the "Military Historian and Collector Magazine Spring 1961" If anybody would like me to e-mail them a copy just let me know It's a large file so unless you have a fast service it will take a while to download. It's 7 pages with pictures. If you need I can send it via snail mail send me a note at rifleshooter2@comcast.net and I'll send it right out either way. Andy Legion Ville Historical Society

And a link from one of those postings seems to indicate the entire gun was so small that it could be carried in its entirety on one horse. link

All courtesy of a web search using "Daniel king howitzer" as the search term. Now wasn't that easy?

Jim

Thanks for that Colonel. I googled the topic, but didn't pursue a forum thread from 2005. My error – your kung-fu is the best.

Although the thread and the linked magazine article are excellent, neither includes an actual illustration of a King's howitzer in packed mode. If anyone has one of those, I'd still like to see it.

Heck, you could probably stuff the barrel of a D. King howitzer in yer knapsack!