This past weekend the artillery group that I reenact with hosted a Civil War artillery school of the piece at Bentonville Battlefield which also doubled as one of the park's summer artillery demonstrations. We fielded two guns, one Federal and one Confederate, our group's bronze 1841 6 pounder smooth bore and the park's 3" Ordinance rifle. We had a great visitor turnout and got to train several guys on the correct artillery drill. Enjoy the pictures and ask any questions you have.
My ugly mug(in the brown hat) explaining howto properly ram a round while also doing the #3 position and stopping the vent on the 3" rifle.
The business end of the 6 pounder.
Group shot of the participants
Our quarters for the weekend(the blankets and tent fly to the left, not the cabin)