| Artillery |
| This photo is a battery of Parrott Rifles drilling at Ringgold Georgia. The first guns issued to Hampton Battery F was the Model 1861. The Parrott Rifle is easily recognized by the reinforcing band around the breech. It was well documented that the Battery had no difficulty hitting its targets over one mile in a very short time with the 2.9 inch Parrott Rifle. |
| American Revolutionary War 1775 - 1783 |
| Henry Knox Was commissioned Colonel and placed in charge of the Artillery |
| Alexander Hamilton The first Artillery Captain in the Provincial Artillery |
| The American Civil War 1861 - 1865 |
| Pennsylvania Artillery Batteries Listing Of All Batteries |
| Battle of Treton December 26,1778 |
| Oxen was used to pull cannons. |
| Battery Equipment Information on equipment used by the Battery during the Civil War. |
| F |
| Field Artillery Battery Positions And Duties |
| To The Sounds Of The Guns A Tale Of Two Parrotts |
| Developed in 1894 by the French and was in widespread service during World War I and into World War II. The US Army adopted the French 75mm field gun and manufactured them during World War I and kept a large inventory of the gun after WWI. During the 1930's many of these field guns were equipped with rubber tires. "The age of the horse - drawn artillery was over." |
| French ~ 75mm M1897 Field Gun |
| 76th Field Artillery Regiment was constituted July 1, 1916. To show the life of the artillerymen of that time period. |
| This photo is often used on web sites but seldom explained about one of the officers. These are officers of Battery A, 2nd US Artillery in camp near Fair Oaks, June 1, 1862. From left to right, 2nd Lt Robert Clark, Captain John C. Tidball 1st Lt William Dennison, 1st Lt Alexander Pennington. |
| New Artillery Museum at Fort Sill |
| Fort Sill ~ Key Gate |
| Fort Sill ~ Oklahoma |
| Fort Sill National Historic Landmark |
| Breech - loading field cannon Field of Thunder Museum |
| 1885 ~ 3.2 Field Gun |
| M101A1 ~ 105mm Howitzer |
| Fort Sill Half Section 75 mm Field Gun |
| Brigadier General Edmund L. Gruber Written in 1908 The Caissons Go Rolling Along The Caisson Song |
| The speed,accuracy and devastating power of American Artillery won confidence and admiration from the troops it supported and inspired fear and respect in their enemy. General Dwight D. Eisenower |
| Hampton's Battery F |
| Alexander Hamilton Uniform of the New York Battery |