19th Century Artillery drill procedure photo set

[Pennvolunteer]

So Gents, for those of you Artillerymen, here is a post I've spent a long time putting together for the Artillery Museum at Fort Sill. It is an attempt to show authentic period correct drill based on the Hunt, Barry and French Instructions for Artillery, with the NPS safety steps annotated. It isn't perfect, as I put in the disclaimer, but I've made notes and comments in the narrative of each step in regard to deviations from the drill. I've already had some input from the Authentic Civil War Artillery page and made corrections/updates, so we are close.

The intent is to do this again in the near future with some professional photographers and videographers, make the corrections where needed and provide a depiction of correct drill to share in the community.

The link is here to the page; https://www.facebook.com/US-Army-Art...5662944133642/

This link is to the album I created; https://www.facebook.com/pg/US-Army-...46325582067363

[James Brenner]

Re: 19th Century Artillery drill procedure photo set

Well done. Kudos. I particularly like the fact that only the NCO carries a revolver. BTW, have you seen Henry Huebner's, Civil War Artillery Manual? The Indiana Historical Commission reprinted it in 1962. It is a hand drawn, illustrated manual that Huebner drew during the war to help teach artillery drill. I believe the Fort Sill Museum has a copy. It may provide some small assistance with the tweaks you mentioned.

[jake.koch]

Re: 19th Century Artillery drill procedure photo set

Well done on a sorely needed project!