GDG- Artillery at Gettysburg

[dwmadison at comcast.net]

Richard 

Thank you for the quick response.

The 3rd Company Richmond Howitizers had four 3 inch rifled guns at Gettysburg. That is all of the guns in the battery. Since they did not have any smoothbores could he have been making a comment about the smoothbores not being deployed during the battle. I guess the real question is did the Confederate deploy all of their artillery or mostly use the rifled guns and place the smootbores as a reseve for when the range of them could be use to good effect. 

Dennis

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From: Richard M Kadas <rkadas at sbcglobal.net> 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> 
> 
> Is it possible that the Richmond Howitzer battalion was not equipted with 
> howitzers? As I understand ACW ordnance, no howitzers had rifling. 
> Dick 
> 
> dwmadison at comcast.net wrote: 
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> 
> 
> I am currently reading "Contributions to a History of the Richmond Howitzer 
> Battalion". In the second pamplet it states that at battle at Gettysburg they 
> had fired much of their rifled ammunition and that many of the smoothbore guns 
> had not been engaged at all. 
> 
> My question is this. Is this true of just the Howitzer's not engaging all of 
> guns in their battery or did the Confederates not use all of their available 
> cannons during the battle. 
> 
> Dennis in Richmond 
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