Battery of "Flying Artillery"

"Flying artillery, as it sometimes called, is a battery of light artillery (usually 10-pounder rifle guns), with all hands mounted. In ordinary light artillery the cannoneers either ride on the gun carriage or go afoot. In flying artillery each cannoneer has a horse. This permits very rapid movements of the battery. Flying artillery usually serves with cavalry. This is Gibson's battery C, 3rd U.S. near Fair Oaks, June 1862." This stereo card was originally published by the War Photograph & Exhibition Company in Hartford, Connecticut, as part of their photographic war history, 1861-1865 series.

Date:
June, 1862
Original Format:
Stereocard
Item#:
MES13674
Photographer:
James F. Gibson
Height:
1193px
Width:
2082px
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