r/ultimategeneral • u/firewing1312 • 10h ago
Civil War Artillery Numbers
So, I've been playing with my Corps composition based on my preferred play style, and thought I'd look up historical organization for comparison, and am a little shocked at how little artillery was present in most Civil War armies. If I'm reading sources correctly, a single artillery brigade of 4-5 batteries, or 24-30 guns, per corps was the normal?
Usually I prefer something on the order of 6-8 Artillery Brigades of differing types per corps, budget and materiel permitting. Is this just a quirk of the game design? Or am I reading the old org charts wrong?
Everything I read about artillery in the civil war is how devastating it could be, when applied correctly. This is even more impressive if the numbers were as small I read. The Union had only 360 total artillery pieces at Gettysburg, from 7 combined Corps? The confederate battery on Marie's Heights at Fredericksburg was only 9 guns, supported by batteries from surrounding areas, but still...