Heads Up: Limber in UK...

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Bob Moseley

During the American Civil War, U.S. Army equipment was identical to Confederate Army equipment, essentially identical to French equipment, and similar to that of other nations. The field-artillery limber assumed its archetypal form – two wheels, an ammunition chest, a pintle hook at the rear, and a central pole with horses harnessed on either side. Six horses were the preferred team for a field piece....harnessed in pairs on either side of the limber pole. A driver rode on each left-hand (“near”) horse and held reins for both the horse he rode and the horse to his right (the "off horse").

Earlier today I was in a library looking for gun tractor pics in out of print unit histories, and I happened to photograph the pic below. It's exactly as per American Civil War described above!