Artillery Guidons

[Ferd454231]

Someone reassure me (or burst my bubble). Didn't Union artillery batteries carry a guidon to mark where the battery was to deploy? Thank you in advance.

 

[Lampasas Bill]

They did indeed.

 

[rpkennedy]

They did. As an example:

http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/btlflags/artillery/1stArtBat_AGuidon2004.0076.htm

Ryan

 

[UCVRelics]

Here is one that shows the guidons at every 4th gun.

 

[Tom Elmore]

Battery H, 1st U.S. Artillery on Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg: The staff of the battery guidon, which was fastened in the ground by the right piece, was twice cut by the enemy's shells. (The History of the First Regiment of Artillery, p. 168)

 

[Seduzal]

When I read this post I had no idea what a guidon was, so I looked the word up in the dictionary! Then I saw the photo that @ucvrelics posted then I knew what they were. Learn something new everyday..Thaks for sharing this awesome post.

 

[Ferd454231]

What an amazing community this is. Thank you all. UCVrelics, I have never seen that photo before! WOW