Artillery Reenacting

[Belfoured]

That's a good looking piece.

Unfortunately despite my love for the era it does compete with my love for the Revolutionary War, and given the amount of RevWar events vs Civil War events in the area, I've decided I'm going to make my reenacting return to the Rev War era, to make the sizeable investment into a gun the RevWar era is going to provide me many more and closer opportunities to field with it. Which now has me on the arguably harder hunt for ideally a 6 pound English gun or 3 pounder reproduction with appropriate split tail carriage.

I'd say "good luck" with the Light 6 lb (although we should never say "never"). A lot of re-enactment units I've seen opt for the Light 3 lb gun and I'd wager those are easier to find. Several units appear to have done work personally in building. Getting the tube cast and building the bracket trail carriage is probably more of a "customized" search than ACW units have to do. Just a sample from some websites (note one 4 lber, and I recall seeing a 24 lb Howitzer at one event - may have been the Royal Irish)

Lamb's Artillery: The recreated Lamb's Artillery Company began in 1959 as Lamb's Train of Artillery. Our current gun was built in 1969 by Joe Rixon and other members of the company. The bronze 3-pounder barrel was cast by Lapan Foundry, Hudson Falls, NY; the original wheels were made by Adirondack Machine Works.

Mott's Artillery: Currently Mott's Artillery maintains a bronze 3 pounder cannon, Bonhom Richard, named after a former crew member who died in a bicycle accident.

Royal Irish Artillery: Our second gun in was ready in 1982, and 1983 saw our first cannon trailer. Our Light Three Pounder, affectionately called the "Parade Gun" was the product of every Tuesday night from November 1984 to July 1985. During the same time period, members of our Northern Battery in Maine built our Howitzer. That summer in Damariscotta, Maine we fielded all four pieces; two guns for the King and two for the rebels.

West Jersey Artillery: After several years of meticulous research, the result is the fielding of an exact working model of a light 3 lb bronze cannon, with a fully trained company of 15 adult men that can service every position on the field piece.

Proctor's Pennsylvania Artillery: Our field piece is a replica 4 pound cannon on a field carriage.

 

[MAPMFF]

I'd say "good luck" with the Light 6 lb (although we should never say "never"). A lot of re-enactment units I've seen opt for the Light 3 lb gun and I'd wager those are easier to find. Several units appear to have done work personally in building. Getting the tube cast and building the bracket trail carriage is probably more of a "customized" search than ACW units have to do. Just a sample from some websites (note one 4 lber, and I recall seeing a 24 lb Howitzer at one event - may have been the Royal Irish)

Lamb's Artillery: The recreated Lamb's Artillery Company began in 1959 as Lamb's Train of Artillery. Our current gun was built in 1969 by Joe Rixon and other members of the company. The bronze 3-pounder barrel was cast by Lapan Foundry, Hudson Falls, NY; the original wheels were made by Adirondack Machine Works.

Mott's Artillery: Currently Mott's Artillery maintains a bronze 3 pounder cannon, Bonhom Richard, named after a former crew member who died in a bicycle accident.

Royal Irish Artillery: Our second gun in was ready in 1982, and 1983 saw our first cannon trailer. Our Light Three Pounder, affectionately called the "Parade Gun" was the product of every Tuesday night from November 1984 to July 1985. During the same time period, members of our Northern Battery in Maine built our Howitzer. That summer in Damariscotta, Maine we fielded all four pieces; two guns for the King and two for the rebels.

West Jersey Artillery: After several years of meticulous research, the result is the fielding of an exact working model of a light 3 lb bronze cannon, with a fully trained company of 15 adult men that can service every position on the field piece.

Proctor's Pennsylvania Artillery: Our field piece is a replica 4 pound cannon on a field carriage.

Indeed its going to take some work. I'll have to reach out to find out more about 4 pounders, a friend of mine has 2 bronze 3 pounders, and are very nice, but he fights for the Crown, and I definitely want to bring a gun to the American side. I've reach out to some foundries and am coming to the realization that I will most likely be commissioning a gun and carriage from scratch.

 

[jchughes05]

The thing that throws me off other than the amount of red, non-period hats and glasses, is the drill. Never in my time reenacting CSA artillery did we place the implements on the wheel hubs, and when the piece was fired, we did not lean back and cover our ears....

 

[j2huggies]

The thing that throws me off other than the amount of red, non-period hats and glasses, is the drill. Never in my time reenacting CSA artillery did we place the implements on the wheel hubs, and when the piece was fired, we did not lean back and cover our ears....

Git 'em boy!

 

[Missouri Swampfox]

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