"Union Artillery at Pickett's Charge" Topic
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| Widowson | 22 Aug 2020 8:37 p.m. PST |
I'm trying to track down the types and numbers of guns in 3 batteries at "the angle" of Pickett's Charge, along with their exact deployments, with a view toward a diorama. Weir Cushing Arnold |
| Wackmole9 | 22 Aug 2020 8:57 p.m. PST |
just check some of the monument web sites for this info, So It might be wrong
Cushing commanded Battery A, 4th U.S. Artillery equipped with six 3-inch Ordnance rifles.
Arnold commanded Battery A 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery with six 12 Pound Napoleon
Weir commanded Battery C ,5th U. S. Artillery equipped with six 12 Pound Napoleon
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| 14Bore | 23 Aug 2020 12:14 p.m. PST |
Had this saved from my Gettysburg oob
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| Blutarski | 23 Aug 2020 3:16 p.m. PST |
One interesting tidbit of information I recall coming across in connection with the Union artillery behind the stone wall at Pickett's Charge, was that at least one battery had positioned its pieces at MUCH closer intervals than the official regulations dictated. I cannot remember where I read it (perhaps Priest's book). FWIW. B |
| Widowson | 24 Aug 2020 9:22 a.m. PST |
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| Tachikoma | 24 Aug 2020 4:25 p.m. PST |
It might be worth tracking down a copy of Fairfax Downey's The Guns at Gettysburg. |
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completes a Confederate river ironclad.