sentences: "A few guerrillas equipped themselves with carbines captured from the Union, but "they were unhandy things to carry" and unsuited for fighting on horseback; indeed in the thick of a February 1865 fight the carbines' long barrels made them too unwieldy to fire, and they were used instead as clubs.Mosby tried out some small field artillery pieces, including a brass Napoleon, but artillery proved to be too cumbersome for his fast hit-and-run tactics and not especially helpful in action.