"Artillery Question" Topic
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| tommyb2985 | 03 Feb 2015 8:22 p.m. PST |
Did any artillery pieces, at any time during the war, have a double trail or were all the guns single trail by 1860.
I'm wondering if any Confederate militia units might have had some 50 year old carriages. Tom |
Dn Jackson  | 03 Feb 2015 9:08 p.m. PST |
I've never seen any double trail carriages during the war. Everything was single trail. |
| wrgmr1 | 03 Feb 2015 10:54 p.m. PST |
I agree with Dn Jackson, single trail only.
Except for larger siege mortars. |
| John the Greater | 04 Feb 2015 7:17 a.m. PST |
I have never seen nor heard of any double trail carriages during the War. Now in Paraguay….no, I won't hijack the thread. |
| 49mountain | 04 Feb 2015 9:40 a.m. PST |
No. None. Wiard rifles had a very interesting trail, but not a double. |
| tommyb2985 | 04 Feb 2015 10:57 p.m. PST |
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| rmaker | 05 Feb 2015 9:31 a.m. PST |
A few of the museum pieces pulled out by state troops early on were on old double trail carriages, reputedly including "Old Sacramento" used by the Missouri State Guard. Otherwise, no. |
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adds artillery to his soft-plastic Union forces.
