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~Common Field Pieces~
Partial Listing of Field Pieces Used During the American Civil War*:
Napoleon
(1857 12 Pdr Field Howitzer)

10 Pdr Parrott Rifle


3 in. Ordnance Rifle
(3 in. Wrought Iron Gun)

Field Howitzer
(1841 12 Pdr Field Howitzer)

James Rifle
(3.8 in. 14 Pdr Rifle)

Whitworth Rifle
(1857 2.75 in. Breechloader)


Blakely Rifles
  (All sizes and variations)

Mountain Howitzers
  (Models 1835, 1838, and 1841)

Wiard Guns
 (2.6 in., 3 in. & 3.67 in.)

1.5 in. Ellsworth Rifle

1.57 in. Williams Gun

2 1/8 in. Woodruff Gun

12 Pdr Armstrong Rifles
  (Muzzleloading and Breechloading)

3 in. Confederate Field Rifles
  (Bronze and Iron)

3.4 in. (12 Pdr) Dahlgrens

3.4 in. (12 Pdr) Wiard Boat Rifle

6 Pdr Iron Field Guns
  (Models 1819, 1827, 1834, 1836 & others)

6 Pdr Bronze Field Guns
  (Models 1835, 1838, 1840 & others)

6 Pdr Bronze Cadet Gun

6 Pdr Griffen Wrought Iron Gun
  (Types 1 & 2)

6 Pdr Belgian Bronze Field Gun

6 Pdr (3.74 in.) Austrian Field Gun

3.67 in. Sawyer Rifle

3.67 in. Delafield Rifle

3.74 in. Austrian Bronze Field Rifle

4.0 in. (20 Pdr) Bronze Dahlgren Rifle

1835 9 Pdr Bronze Field Gun

9 Pdr Confederate Bronze Field Howitzer

12 Pdr Bronze Field Gun
  (Models 1835 & 1841)

1836 12 Pdr Iron Field Gun

12 Pdr Bishop Breechloading Field Gun

12 Pdr Iron Siege Guns
  (Models 1840 & 1845)

12 Pdr Bronze Field Howitzer
  (Models 1835 & 1838)

1836 12 Pdr Iron Field Howitzer

*This listing is far from complete. An extremely wide variety of weapons from numerous sources, both domestic and foreign, saw service during the war, and records of varying quality, especially on the Confederate side, would make a complete listing impossible.
 
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