Artillery Historical data

[aryaman]

Ok, here I post some data I have been collecting, mainly from the Osprey book on ACW field Artillery, and from some internet sites.
I will update the post with new info other forum members could submit

PRODUCTION
Union
Napoleons: Total 1.156(52 in Cincinnati, 103 in Chicopee MA, 1.001 in Boston)
Parrott Total 462 field guns by the end of 1862, all produced at the West Point Foundry
3” Ordnance: Phoenix in Phoenixville, PA, made 1.100 3inch Ordnance by the end of the war for the Federal Army
Wiard guns: 11 batteries of 4x6pdrs rifle guns and 2x12pdrs Howitzers, were sold to the Federal Army, all fabricated at Trenton (NJ)
6lbs Smoothbore gun m1841: In 1861, just before the war, it was the principle gun in the US Army, so they were readily available, but they were quickly outclassed, so very few new ones were produced. They were produced at Cincinnati and Boston, and only in 1861.
3.8 James Rifle: Produced in small quantities in 1861 and early 1862, in Cincinnati and Chicopee MA
12pdr Howitzer: The companion of the 6lbs gun, it was produced in 1861 and early 1862 in Boston and St Louis.
24pdr Howitzer: Few units were produced, all in Boston

CSA
Napoleons: Total 501. Richmond 226, Augusta 130, Charleston 20, Columbus 52, New Orleáns 12, Macon 53, Memphis 8.
Parrott: Total 115. Tredegar made in Richmond 58x10pdr Parrott and 45x20pdr Parrott by the end of the war. A dozen were made in Macon
3” Ordnance: Total 38. CSA most 3inch were captured Union or foreign purchases. 20 copies only were made in Richmond and another 18 in Augusta, between January and April 1862
6lbs Smoothbore gun m1841: In 1861, just before the war, it was the principle gun in the US Army,, and as Southern foundries had been making them before the war, and had the technology and expertise to continue making them ,they were the main type produced in 1861. The were made in Richmond, Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans.
12pdr Howitzer: Total: 160 produced for CSA. 74 were made in Richmond, 43 in Memphis, 20 in Nashville.14 in Rome (GA) and 9 in New Orleans
24pdr Howitzer: A few units produced in Richmond, some Austrian units imported.


Caliber
That was important because it was the main factor in the effective power of Canister

2.6”: Wiard 6pdr
2.75”: Whitworth
2.9": Parrott m1861
3”: Parrott m1863, 3” Ordnance
3.67”: 6pdr gun, 20lbs Parrott
3.8”: 14pdr James
4.62”: 12pdr Napoleon, 12pdr Howitzer, 12pdr Mountain Howitzer
5.82: 24pdr Howitzer

Range
at 5º elevation, in yards

12pdr Mountain Howitzer: 900
12-pounder Howitzer 1,072
24-pounder Howitzer 1,322
6pdr Gun: 1,525
12-pounder "Napoleon" 1,619
3-inch Ordnance Rifle 1,830
10-pounder Parrott rifle 1,850
20-pounder Parrott rifle 1,900
12-pounder Whitworth 2,800



Comments
Horse Artillery
I have found very little info, just from some OOBs it seems clear that Union batteries used either 10lbs Parrott or 3” Ordnance guns, while CSA batteries were more mixed. As an example, at Brandy CSA had 6x10lbs Parrott, 11x3” Ordnance, 6x12lbs Blakely and 6x6lbs rifled (rebored smoothbore) guns. But IMO this shows anyway that CSA Horse Artillery by 1863 had abandoned the old 6lbs smoothbore guns batteries, the one represented in the game, so probably it would be better to create a new Horse artillery CSA model for rifle guns.

12pdr Mountain Howitzer: used only by CSA, as infantry guns (maybe the can replace the light batteries issued to infantry brigades in the game)

12pdr James Rifle Rebored 6pdr smoothbore gun.

14pdr James Rifle, The14pdr, 3,8 inch James Rifle gun was cast in bronze. Although the relative softness of bronze makes it easier to work with than iron, bronze is generally unsuited for use in rifled cannon because the rifling quickly wears out.

Parrott rifles were cast in iron. Normally cast iron would be too brittle for such a use, so a wrought iron band was heat shrunk around the breech, adding considerable strength to the design. Nonetheless, Parrott rifles were soon superceded technologically as it became possible to produce entire barrels from wrought iron, such as the 3 in. Ordnance Rifle

24pdr Howitzer: Like their corresponding heavy field gun sisters, the heavier howitzers were available in limited quantities early in the war. Both 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.

Light Batteries They were usually composed of 4x6pdr smoothbore guns and 2x12pdr Howitzer. Light batteries were prevalent in the Western Theater, at Shiloh they were 88% of CSA artillery while at Antietam only 58% of the artillery of the ANV. They were supposed to be totally replaced by the end of 1862, however at Chickamauga still 50% of CSA arty and 25% of Union arty were light batteries (edit: Feb 10)