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Excellent.
Thought some of y'all might like this
Thanks for posting this excellent video! Amazing to see the turnout of Artillery units!
One question: In this reenactment and virtually all films of the period, the guns fire in sequence, from one end of the line to the other. Is that representative of actual practice?
Thanks for posting this excellent video! Amazing to see the turnout of Artillery units!
One question: In this reenactment and virtually all films of the period, the guns fire in sequence, from one end of the line to the other. Is that representative of actual practice?
For films, it looks good on camera...
Party poopers !I know you didn't ask me but I can say that volley fire was discouraged as it left multiple guns unloaded at the same time and it made it hard to see if your shots were on target. Generally, fire wouldn't have been that rapid though even if done down the line - unless directly attacked by infantry two shots per minute per gun would have been typical.
So the elusive Confederate artillery was there after all - seriously, I think the only time we saw the Confederate guns was when they were being pulled into place by the tow vehicles. I can't believe where they had you guys placed - out of sight for most if not all of the event. I feel your pain on that - we have been there also, stuck out of sight. Not fun when you go through all the expense and work of bringing out the guns and they place you where they might as well just had the fireworks guys set off charges since all anyone could see was a boom and smoke...
Brings back some memories of the 125th of Gettysburg.
These days, the guys I hang with shoot the artillery live. Yup, we don't pretend about it, it's live fire. Check out the North South Skirmish Association. There's even a guy shooting a 30lber and another a Whitworth, and yup, no blanks.