Artillery-- Part 9: Those Brass Napoleons

These were part of the McHenry County Civil War Round Table discussion group meeting on March 26.

**  Batteries:  Union consisted of 6 guns, Confederate of 4 guns.

**  There were two guns in a battery section.

**  Advancement of artillery officers was very slow.

**  Henry J. Hunt organized the Union artillery.

**  During Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, Confederate artillery fire for three hours and mostly stopped firing because the gun tubes were getting too hot.

**  One of the most commonly used cannons was the12-pound brass Napoleon and was accurate to a mile.

--Old Secesh