"Guns in the Valley 1862 (CS Version)?" Topic

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robert piepenbrink	13 Jun 2021 3:43 a.m. PST
Tracking down battery composition for the 1862 Campaign in the Valley. (Yes, I know I'm crazy.) Does anyone have a clue on these? Raines' Battery (Lynchburg Artillery) Rice's Battery (New Market Artillery) Brockenborough's Battery (Baltimore Lt Artillery) And does anyone know how the 1st Rockbridge Artillery (McLaughlin's, then Shumaker's, then Poague's) was structured after they lost two guns at Kernstown. I know one of the lost guns was a 6-pd smoothbore, but I don't know about the other. Thanks, Robert
Dn Jackson	14 Jun 2021 2:26 a.m. PST
This might help a little. link The old Terrible Swift Sword series was fairly well researched. Here's the Battle of Kernstown from Board Game Geek.
robert piepenbrink	14 Jun 2021 5:40 a.m. PST
Thanks, Dn. And yes, everything--pretty much--looks well researched. But I need one level deeper--something which tells the difference between a section of 6-lb smoothbores, one of Parrotts, and one of 12-lb howitzers.
Blutarski	22 Jun 2021 5:14 p.m. PST
Dr Poepenbrink wrote - Tracking down battery composition for the 1862 Campaign in the Valley. (Yes, I know I'm crazy.) Does anyone have a clue on these? Raine's Battery (Lynchburg Artillery) Raine's (Lee) VA Battery, as of Antietam: 2 x 3-in Ordnance Rifles 2 x 12-lb SB Howitzers Rice's Battery (New Market Artillery) Rice's (8th Star) VA Battery, as of Antietam: 1 x 10-lb Parrot Rifle 1 x 3-in Ordnance Rifle 1 x 12-lb SB Napoleon Brockenborough's Battery (Baltimore Lt Artillery) Brockenborough's (2nd Baltimore) MD Battery as of Antietam: 1 x 3-in Ordnance Rifle 1 x Blakely Rifle 1 x 10-lb Parrot Rifle 1 x 12-lb SB Howitzer Poague's 1st Rockbridge Artillery Poague's(Rockbridge) VA Battery, as of Antietam: 2 x 10-lb Parrot Rifles 1 x 12-lb SB Napoleon 1 x 6-lb SB (this gun was not present at Antietam) Reference source – "Artillery Hell – The Employment of Artillery at Antietam", by Curt Johnson & Richard C Anderson Jr. The above is the best data I have at hand for mid-1862. Hope it helps! B

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