Pre-war Siege Artillery
Prior to the war, the U.S. Army had a variety of iron smoothbore siege guns (12-, 18-, and 24-pounders) and howitzers (24-pounder and 8-inch) (Gibbon 1863, pp. 54–9). None of these pieces were used during the war as siege artillery. The advent of rifled artillery made them obsolete.
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