Col. William Lamb at Fort Fisher had a battery of long-range Whitworth guns that could fire four to four-and-a-half miles out to see. He had them hooked up to horses and were his "Flying battalion" and would go out to keep blockaders away from stranded blockade runners.
Heavy artillery generally manned coastal or river fortifications and mounted large immobile guns like Rodmans or the larger Parrott guns.
During the war, many Union "Heavies" served in the Washington, D.C. defenses and there were a lot of forts around that city.
Some foot batteries were equipped with medium-sized pieces known as siege guns like 30-pounder Parrotts. They were mounted on heavy, but relatively mobile siege carriages which allowed them to follow in the wake of armies and be emplaced in temporary positions whenever the troops were likely to remain in one place for a while.
The Saturday, April 30th discussion group topic will be about "Spies." It is moved to this date because if the DuPage Civil War Show,
--Old Secesh
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