Titus ...are you sure this is for 1812?
I understood Raill only to have 2-24 pounders…1-5.5 howitzer…5-6 pounders at Chippewa...
JJ has already produced the 24 and the 6...and this isn't a howitzer...are you sure it's for 1812?
I better read some more...
ooooh hold on...here we go...
It may be for 1812...that may be an unpainted BCHGUN-01, British 6lb Cannon that he used instead of a painted one.
an unpainted one would look better with the unpainted horses and unpainted carraige...it looks like a 6lb.
I guess it is for 1812 but he's just using an unpainted 6lb. British gun...Ken...I don't think this is a new gun...
http://www.armyhistory.org/ahf2.aspx?pgID=877&id=56&exCompID=56
Scott, who was unaware of the British movements, was preparing his brigade for a dress parade on the plain between the Chippewa and Street’s Creek. He quickly ordered his infantry forward on the double along with Towson’s three 12-pounders. He placed the 22d Infantry on his right, the 9th and 11th in the center, and the 25th on the left, with that regiment’s left flank along some woods. Scott then placed Towson’s three guns on the far right of the line.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chippawa
Early on July 5, British light infantry, militia and Indians crossed the Chippawa ahead of Riall's main body and began sniping at Scott's outposts from the woods to their west. (Some of them nearly captured Scott, who was having breakfast in a farmhouse.)[12] Brown ordered Porter's brigade and Indians to clear the woods. They did so, but they met Riall's advancing regulars and hastily retreated.
Scott was already advancing from Street's Creek. His artillery (Captain Nathaniel Towson's company, with three 12-pounder guns) deployed on the portage road and opened fire. Riall's own guns (two light 24-pounder guns and a 5.5-inch howitzer) attempted to reply, but Towson's guns destroyed an ammunition wagon and put most of the British guns out of action
Both lines stood and fired repeated volleys; after 25 minutes of this pounding Riall, his own coat pierced by a bullet, ordered a withdrawal. The 1/8th, which had been moving to the right of the other two regiments, formed line to cover their retreat. As they in turn fell back, three British 6-pounder guns came into action to cover their withdrawal, with two more 6-pounders firing from the entrenchments north of the Chippawa.[17] Scott halted his brigade, although some of Porter's Iroquois pursued the British almost to the Chippawa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chippawa
US…Townson’s 3-12 pounders
British…2-24 pounders…1-5.5 howitzer…5-6 pounders
http://www.11thpa.org/documents/FA-History.pdf
The bulk of the War was fought at sea; however, the Americans used artillery in several ground engagements. The
American artillery consisted mostly of six-pounders. At the Battle of Chippewa on July 5, 1814, the American artillery
supporting the charge of General Winfield Scott's brigade was faster and more accurate than the Royal Artillery. In honor
of the victory at Chippewa, the West Point cadets were uniformed in the gray they wear today.
