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Documents > Instruction for U.S. Field Artillery (1861)

These tables are reproduced from Instruction for U.S. Field Artillery (1861).

   -- Organization of a Six-Pounder Mounted Battery
   -- Principal Dimensions and Weights of Field Pieces
   -- Density of Gunpowder
   -- Charges of Powder
   -- Charging Shells
   -- Charges for Spherical Case Shot
   -- Weights of Fixed Ammunition
   -- Contents and Weights of Packing Boxes
   -- Ammunition Carried in Each Chest
   -- Impliments and Equipments for Field Pieces
   -- Weights of Gun Carriages and Caissons Equipped for Field Service