sentences:  The Volunteer Force was reformed in 1859, and soon numbered 14 companies.The Adelaide Volunteer Artillery and the Port Adelaide Volunteer Artillery were also raised at this time.Worldwide artillery shortages due to the demands of the belligerents involved in the American Civil War meant that plans to expand the colony's artillery holdings were thwarted; as a result South Australia's armament consisted of only two 9-pounders, four 6-pounders, two 24-pound howitzers, four 12-pound howitzers and two Cohorn mortars.