Artillery

In the United States the present field artillery of the army consists of ten mounted batteries, two to each regiment of artillery. The other ten batteries of each regiment are armed and equipped ae infantry and serve mostly in forts and garrisons along the seaboard. During the War of 18r2 field batteries were created by mounting foot batteries from the artillery regiments. In 1836 Captain Ring gold organized a field battery, for the artillery branch had been neglected since the War of 1812. The systems of field and siege artillery were chiefly derived from France. In 1820 there were four regiments of artillery. In the Civil War three field batteries were attached to each division of the Army of the Potomac. The introduction of the Parrott gun in 1861 greatly strengthened the artillery. 53