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Artillery at Antietam It was a grand and inspiring sight to witness batteries going headlong into action —the neighing of horses, the rumbling INTRODUCTION of caissons, the halt, the furious cannonade, the officers on Artillery at Antietam There were over 500 cannons engaged during the four or six horse teams that could quickly roll into their charges with swords gleaming in the sunlight, with Battle of Antietam. The open, rolling terrain around position, providing offensive firepower where it buglers clanging out the orders, the passing of ammunition, the Sharpsburg was perfect for the use of artillery. Over was needed most. Groups of cannons, combining ramming, the sighting, the firing, and the swabbing, the guns 3,000 rounds an hour were fired during the twelve the awesome power of 15, 20, or 24 guns provided booming in chorus like heaven-rendering thunder. "The destructive shot and shell hours of combat on September 17,1862. The firing a powerful defense against attacking infantry and was so intense that soldiers described the day as helped anchor an army's position. Pvt Edward Spangler, were falling, it would appear, on a "savage continual thunder" and a "tumultuous 130th Pennsylvania Infantry chorus." Gen. Alpheus Williams wrote that "if all At Antietam, Gen. George McClellan's Union Army every foot of land." the stone and brick buildings on Broadway should of the Potomac had more cannons (about 300 tumble at once the roar and rattle could hardly be Union to 230 Confederate), more long range guns, greater." and generally better ammunition. Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia effectively moved An artillery battery ready to move. The artillery was a separate branch of the army, its guns back and forth v/ithin their line of battle along with the infantry and cavalry. The basic in response to the Union attacks and began the organizational unit for cannons was called a battery, innovation of massing cannons into larger groups made up of four to six guns with approximately called battallions. 70-100 men. Field artillery was mobile, pulled by Published by the Western Maryland Interpretive Associatiol mprofit partner of Antietam National Battlefield (www.nps.gov/an^^^^^^^^Hwith the National Park Service. Designed and illustrated by Park Rarl Types of Artillery The Gun Crew Ammunition Tools of the Trade Cannons were made in different iron and had grooves cut inside the There were four types of ammunition: directions. Canister—artillery round Sponge Rammer, Worm, Handspike sizes and by different manufacturers, barrel that force the conical rounds Solid Shot—cast iron with no explo­ containing 27 golf ball sized iron shot but there were only two types— they fire to spiral like a football, sives. Shell—a hollow projectile filled packed into a tin can that ripped open Sponge rammer and worm were used to load smoothbore and rifled. Smoothbore traveling farther and more accurately. with powder that exploded by an at the muzzle, showering approaching ammunition and clean the barrel. The handspike slips guns were mostly bronze and smooth There were fifteen different models impact or timed fuze. Case—hollow troops. Canister was used at close into rings on the back of the cannon and is used to on the inside like a pipe. They fired of cannons at Antietam. However, the shell filled with powder and a number range-100 to 300 yards. move the gun from side to side when aiming. round ammunition that tumbled in four guns below represent about 80% of round balls that exploded in all flight. Most rifled guns are made of of the cannons used. SMOOTHBORE AMMO RIFLED AMMO Priming Wire SMOOTHBORE CANNON RIFLED CANNON After the ammunition is loaded, the priming wire is pushed into the vent at the back of the gun which punctures the powder bag. Shot with powder bag attached. Powder bags were attached to all smoothbore Friction Primer rounds. Powder bags for 1857 Model Napoleon 3 Inch Ordnance Rifle When pulled, creates a flame that rifled cannons were loaded ignites the ammunition charge. • Fires 12 lb. projectiles • Fires 10 lb. projectiles separately. • Named for Emperor Napoleon III • Weight 1,726 pounds Eight cannoneers are needed to fire uses the worm to clear debris. Number • Weight -2,355 pounds • Lightest and strongest rifled tube • Range - up to 1,600 yards • Range - up to 1,800 yards a cannon. Five work the gun—the 3 thumbs the vent and uses the • Approximate number at Antietam: • Approximate number at Antietam: gunner and cannoneers 1, 2, 3, 4. priming wire to puncture the powder Confederate- 27, Union-108 Confederate- 40, Union- 94 bag. Number 4 places the friction The Gunner is in charge of the primer and pulls the lanyard to fire the Shell piece, gives the commands and does gun. Lanyard the aiming. Cannoneer 1 handles Hooks to the friction primer, then is stretched out the sponge-rammer, pushing the Cannoneer 5 runs the ammunition by Number 4 so that he can be a safe distance ammunition down the barrel and from the limber to the gun. from the gun when he pulls the lanyard to fire the washing the bore after every shot. Cannoneers 6 and 7 prepare cannon. Number 2 loads the ammunition and ammunition and cut the fuses. Case Pendulum Hausse 1841 Model Gun 10 Lb. Parrott Rifle Every cannon travelled with four Aiming device placed on the • Fires 6 lb. projectiles • Fires 10 lb. projectiles pieces of equipment-two limbers, • Workhorse of Mexican War, but • Named for designer Robert back of the gun by the Gunner. a caisson and a cannon. Six horses considered obsolete by Civil War Parker Parrott • Weight - 1,784 pounds • Weight - 1,799 pounds would be harnessed to each limber. • Range - up to 1,500 yards • Range - up to 1,900 yards • Approximate number at Antietam: • Approximate number at Antietam: Confederate- 45, Union- 0 Confederate- 36, Union-42 cc cc Canister LLI 111 CQ CO | _l The limber chest held 30-50 rounds of Haversack z ammunition, depending on size of the z Used to safely carry Thumbstall o gun. Another limber with the caisson z O every round from the added three more chests for a total of Protects the thumb of Number z J/} limber to the gun. < 3 when he covers the vent 120-200 rounds. < with his thumb during loading. Vi mile = 880 yards 3A mile = 1320 yards 1 mile = 1760 yards Note: Items are not to scale This artillery locater map shows where the park has cannons on display. During the battle there were over 100 batteries on the field. Today the park 9 Miller's Battery, 3rd Company, has sixteen positions marked with cannons. Union positions are marked in Washington Artillery of New Orleans blue, Confederate in red. The historic woodlots and topographic shading Capt. M.B. Miller (4) 12-lb. Smoothbore Napoleons have been added to this modern map to show the terrain as it was in 1862. 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. - Miller started the day defending the The approximate time that the artillery were at each location is listed with Middle Bridge, then moved here where Gen. Longstreet and his information about their role in the battle. Other key locations where the staff manned one of the guns in a desperate attempt to hold the park does not have cannons on display are also marked on the map. line after the Confederate position in the Sunken Road collapsed. 1 Battery D, 1st Rhode Island Artillery 10 Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery Capt. J. Albert Monroe Capt. John C.Tidball (6) 12-lb. Smoothbore Napoleons (6) 3-inch Ordnance Rifles Dawn to 8:30 a.m. - Exchanged counter-battery with 12:00 noon to dark - Tidball's battery fought on September 16th Nicodemus Heights then moved south with the Union and 17th, firing over 1,000 rounds supporting the Federal attacks advance to within 70 yards of the Dunker Church. across the Middle Bridge. Confederate artillery commanded by Major John 11 Squires' Battery, 1st Company Pelham fired some of the first shots of the battle. Pelham Washington Artillery of New Orleans blasted his guns at the 1st Corps and dueled with Capt. Charles W. Squires Monroe's Battery, and the other Union guns that were (2) 3-inch Ordnance Rifles massed on the Poffenberger Farm, until he was forced to (2) 10 1b. Parrott Rifles reposition on Hauser Ridge. Dawn to 4:00 p.m. - Squires defended the critical Boonsboro Turnpike against Union attacks in the center. Late in the day these guns helped turn back Burnside's 9th Corps advance. 2 Independent Battery C, John Pelham Pennsylvania Light Artillery Capt. James Thompson 12 Garden's (Palmetto) South Carolina Battery (4) 3-inch Ordnance Rifles Capt. Hugh R. Garden Dawn to 7:30 a.m. - Fired point blank into the (2) 12-lb. Smoothbore Howitzers Cornfield at dawn and then continued firing south (2) 6-lb. Smoothbores toward Confederate infantry and artillery. 1:00 n.m. to 4:00 n.m. - From this Hnminant- ViurVi .fjrnnnH Garden's guns defended the Confederate center and right flank. 3 Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery Capt. Joseph B. Campbell (wounded) 13 Brown's (Wise Artillery) Virginia Battery (6) 12-lb. Smoothbore Napoleons Capt. James S. Brown (wounded) Dawn to 7:30 a.m. - Desperate fighting took place around these (4) unidentified guns guns. Capt. Campbell and 34 cannoneers were wounded and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. - Brown's battery took three or four two Medals of Honor were awarded to members of the battery. positions until they arrived here, firing against the Union 9th Corps infantry and artillery.
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