The Coehorn Mortar

[army_19d]

Gentlemen,

As in the title of this post I want to run a two man Coehorn Mortar crew at a reenactment. There are lots of accounts of them being used. I want to try and get it as close to authentic as I can.

What are your thoughts on this? This will be way down the road as I do the research and make sure every piece from clothing to the piece is accurate as possible.

Please try not to beat me up too bad I know some people don’t see the need for it but it is part of the history. I really like the odder things in the hobby to research and do I like a challenge.

I strive to do everything period as possible down to every stitch so that’s why I joined this site and value all of your opinions.

Very respectfully,

Stormy Mixon

[Bones]

Re: The Coehorn Mortar

you might try the N-SSA.org board for nuances of the mortar as they are shot live in competition in regional and national shoots.Don't expect too much of uniforms or personal equipage but they are the guys when it comes to shooting,

a former N-SSA member;
Bones
Doug Jarrett
ARmory Guards

[Cumpston1862]

Re: The Coehorn Mortar

The only campaign I am familiar with that there was actual battlefield use of Coehorn Mortars was Petersburg.

There was a brief article in Civil War Times (June 2012 Article Title: "Natural Killers" pg 40-41) about Grant not having any mortars at Vicksburg so they made some out of tree trunks.