Flying artillery

Title
Flying artillery
LC Subject
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Armed Forces Soldiers
Description
By "horse artillery" and "flying artillery" as it is sometimes called, is meant an organization equipped usually with ten-pounder rifled guns, with all hands mounted. In ordinary light artillery the cannoneers either ride on the gun carriage or go afoot. In flying artillery each cannoneer has a horse. This form is by far the most mobile of all, and is best suited to accompany calvary on account of its ability to travel rapidly. With the exception of the method of mounting the cannoneers, there was not any difference between the classes of field batteries except as they were divided between "light" and "heavy". In the photograph above no one is riding on the gun-carriages, but all have separate mounts.
Work Type
lantern slides
Date
1911/1940
Identifier
P217:40:34
Rights
In Copyright
Local Collection Name
Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Is Part Of
Set 61 - Civil War
Institution
Oregon State University
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