What is Field artillery in the American Civil War?
[[File:Antietam, 6-pounder gun.jpg|thumb|right|300px|{{Center|6-pounder gun at Antietam battlefield}}]] '''Field artillery in the American Civil War''' were [[cannon]] that could be moved around the [[battlefield]] or could travel with an army unit.<ref name=cwc>{{cite web |url=http://www.historynet.com/civil-war-cannon |title=Civil War Cannon |publisher=HistoryNet |access-date=24 July 2016}}</ref> Field artillery could only fight [[Limbers and caissons|unlimbered]] (disconnected from the [[cart]] and [[horse]]s that pulled it).<ref name=asPA150>{{cite web |url=http://www.pacivilwar150.com/TheWar/BattlefieldsTactics/Tactics/Artillery.html |title=Artillery Soldiers |publisher=PA Civil War 150 |access-date=24 July 2016 |archive-date=1 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501223418/http://www.pacivilwar150.com/TheWar/BattlefieldsTactics/Tactics/Artillery.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The limber (or caisson) along with the team of six horses would be moved to a safe area nearby.{{efn|A caisson is a two-wheeled cart used for carrying [[ammunition]] and pulling a cannon. It was pulled by a team of six horses and usually had two chests for the ammunition (a limber had one) and a hook for connecting the tail of the gun.<ref name=limberACWH>{{cite web|url=http://www.civilwarartillery.com/equipment/limberchests.htm|title=Limber Chests Including Limbers and Caissons|publisher=Civil War Artillery|access-date=25 July 2016|archive-date=13 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113145348/http://www.civilwarartillery.com/equipment/limberchests.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Caissons are also used in military and [[funeral]]s to transport the [[coffin]] to the [[cemetery]].<ref>Catherine Corley Anderson, ''John F. Kennedy'' (Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co., 2005), p. 101</ref>}}<ref name=artilUSAOCS>{{cite web |url=http://www.goordnance.army.mil/history/Staff%20Ride/STAND%203%20ARTILLERY%20AND%20SMALL%20ARMS/ARTILLERY%20IN%20THE%20CIVIL%20WAR.pdf |title=Artillery |publisher=United States A