Artillery of the American Civil War

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Field Artillery

Smoothbore Guns

Image	Name / Type / Caliber / Mfr Date
	6 pdr. Smoothbore Field Gun Muzzle-loading Smoothbore Gun 3.76 inch bore 1841 to 1863
	Heavy 12 pdr. Model 1841 Smoothbore Muzzle-loading Smoothbore Gun 4.62 inch bore 1841 to 1856
	12 pdr. "Napoleon" Light Field Gun Muzzle-loading Smoothbore Gun-Howitzer 4.62 inch bore 1857 to 1863
	12 pdr. Howitzer Muzzle-loading Smoothbore Howitzer 4.62 inch bore 1841 to 1863
	24 pdr. Howitzer Muzzle-loading Smoothbore Howitzer 5.82 inch bore 1841 to 1863
	12 pdr. Mountain Howitzer Muzzle-loading Smoothbore Howitzer 4.62 inch bore 1835 to 1870

Rifled Guns

Image	Name / Type / Caliber / Mfr Date
	14 pdr. James Rifle Muzzle-loading Rifle Gun 3.8 inch bore 1861 - 1862
	10 pdr. Parrott Rifle Muzzle-loading Rifle Gun 2.9 / 3.0 inch bore 1861 to 1865
	10 pdr. Ordnance Rifle Muzzle-loading Rifle Gun 3.0 inch bore 1861 to 1865
	12 pdr. Blakely Rifle Muzzle-loading Rifle Gun 3.5 inch bore 1860 to 1861
	6 pdr. Wiard Rifle Muzzle-loading Rifle Gun 2.6 inch bore 1861 to 1862
	12 pdr. Whitworth Breechloading Rifle Breech-loading Rifle Gun 2.75 inch bore 1861 to 1865
	20 pdr. Parrott Rifle Heavy Muzzle-loading Rifle Gun 3.67 inch bore 1861 to 1865
	4.5 inch Siege Rifle Heavy Muzzle-loading Rifle Gun 4.5 inch bore 1861 to 1866