Artillery at Gettysburg Flashcards
According to the Official Records, how many artillery rounds did the ANV have for each piece after July 3?
37 rounds
How many artillery brigades were in the Federal artillery reserve?
5
How many artillery pieces did the ANV have at the beginning of the battle?
277
When it has a full complement, what is the number of horses in a battery?
90
In the ANV, what was the organizational goal for the number of guns in each battery?
Four, preferably all of the same type
What percentage of all Federal canons were in the Reserve Artillery Battalion?
35%
When did George Meade return combat duties to Henry Hunt as chief of artillery?
June 28 at Frederick, Maryland
State the name of the breech loading canon used by the Army of Northern Virginia.
Whitworth
In 1861, how many batteries were allocated to a Federal division?
One regular army battery and three volunteer batteries
How many borough buildings currently have artillery projectiles in their walls?
11
What is the elevation of a barrel for shell to travel one mile?
4.25 to 4.5 degrees
In a line of battle, how wide was a battery?
82 yards with 14 to 17 yards between pieces
Where in the battlefield park is a Whitworth cannon located?
Oak Hill
When it was at full complement, how many men served one canon, excluding horses?
9
How many Federal artillery pieces were captured and how many were taken to Virginia?
40 were captured and 7 were taken to Virginia
List the names of smooth bore artillery ammunition.
Solid shot, shell, spherical case shot, cannister
According to E.P. Alexander, what was the sole advantage of having exterior lines?
On p417 of ‘Military Memoirs of a Confederate’: There was 1 single advantage conferred by our exterior lines, and but one, in exchange for many disadvantages. They give us the opportunity to select positions for artillery that would enfilade the opposing lines of the enemy, such as Cemetery Hill.
Counting horsemen and canoneers, how many artillerymen serve one piece?
16
How many canons were within a Union army corps?
30 that were formed into a brigade within a corps
How many artillerymen were there in the Army of the Potomac before the battle?
7900
On the march, at what pace does an artillery piece move?
2.5 mph
How were the artillery pieces allocated between the infantry, cavalry and the reserve?
212 canons in the infantry; 50 canons in the cavalry; 108 canons in the reserve
In total, how many different types of artillery pieces were used in the battle?
12
At what time on July 1 was the first ANV artillery shell fired?
9:30
