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During the Civil War, the 24-pounder howitzer was not frequently employed by batteries of Union field artillery because it was relatively heavy and had a shorter range compared to the 12-pounder Napoleon's 1,619 yd (1,480 m) range at 5° elevation. Nevertheless, Confederates favored the 24-pounder howitzer for its hitting power and accuracy. [17]
With the exception of the Far Western theatre of the war (e.g. Halls Battery at the Battle of Valverde in New Mexico), Federals did not use 24-pounder howitzers in field. [12] The 24- and 32-pounders were more widely used in fixed fortifications, but at least one of the later large weapons was with the 1st Connecticut Artillery as late as 1864 ...
Model 1839 siege gun in travelling position with limber.. Prior to the war, the U.S. Army had a variety of iron smoothbore siege guns (12-pounders, 18-pounders and 24-pounders) and howitzers (24-pounder and 8-inch) (Gibbon 1863, pp. 54–59).
two 24-pounder howitzers USS General Grant was a steamship chartered from the U.S. War Department by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Navy as a gunboat in waterways of the Confederate South.
The M1841 mountain howitzer was a mountain gun used by the United States Army during the mid-nineteenth century, from 1837 to about 1870. It saw service during the Mexican–American War of 1847–1848, the American Indian Wars , and during the American Civil War , 1861–1865 (primarily in the more rugged western theaters ).
Twenty-pounder rifle: an entirely bronze gun that was popular and was the only Dahlgren rifle (other than the 12-pounder boat howitzer) that continued in service after the American Civil War. Crew of six and a powder-boy, firing a 20 lb. shell in front of 2 lb. of powder it had a range of 1,960 yards at a 6.5° elevation.
one 24-pounder howitzer USS Corypheus was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . Corypheus was used by the Union Navy primarily as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy in order to prevent the South from trading with other countries.
The gun barrel in the foreground with the twin handles is the U.S. Model 1841 24-pounder howitzer which was used by the Madison Light artillery starting in 1862. At the Battle of Gettysburg on 1–3 July 1863, the Madison Light Artillery was armed with four 24-pounder howitzers. [2]