Trivia 12-10-15 How many???

[adisciu9]

approx. 128: 23 batteries, 1/3 with 4 guns and 2/3 with 6.

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

If you mean Ruggles' Line, the answer is 62
If you mean Conf. Artillery in it's entirety, the answer, according to http://civilwarwiki.net/wiki/Table_...articipating_At_Shiloh,_April_6th_&_7th,_1862 is 109.
I will assume your question refers to the entirety, thus my answer will be: 109.

 

[War Horse]

This is a tough one!

This site says: The Confederate Army of Mississippi comprised 45,000 troops with 120 guns.

http://www.britishbattles.com/abes/1862/shiloh.htm

This site says: The Union and Confederate forces had artillery parity at Shiloh; Grant had 119 guns and the Johnston had 117 Page 17

http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/gudmens.pdf

One is a detailed study of the Battle and the other is a web-site.

I'll trust the Study: My answer is 117

Pew, I'm glad that's over with. Tough question!

 

[DickWilliams]

According to Staff Ride for the Battle of Shiloh, the Confederates had 117 artillery pieces at Shiloh.

 

[sarladaise]

62 artillery pieces of "Ruggles Battery"

 

[ErnieMac]

I've seen a number of answers, but Brett Schulte's Order of Battle for the Army of the Mississippi shows 121 pieces.

 

[CadmusWilcox]

108 guns.

 

[kholland]

There were 7 rifled cannon and 102 smoothbores for a total of 109.

http://civilwarwiki.net/wiki/Table_...articipating_At_Shiloh,_April_6th_&_7th,_1862

 

[ami]

Answer- 109.
Source-http://civilwarwiki.net/wiki/Table_...articipating_At_Shiloh,_April_6th_&_7th,_1862

Edit - The sources presented by the players support numbers as low as 108 and as high as 128. I will accept any answer within the limits of those two numbers.

A number of players answered 62, the number of guns in Ruggles' Battery; however, it appears that Ruggles' Battery was not the only one that participated in the battle on the Confederate side. The question asked for the total number that were used in the battle.

Hoosier