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Re: Teamster horses and heavy cannon

For point of comparison, here is the composition of a British six gun Horse Artillery Troop during the Napoleon era. A Troop being the equivalent of our Artillery Battery/Company.

6 Guns 8 horses each Total 48
9 Ammunition wagons 6 horses each 54
1 Spare-wheel carriage 6 horses 6
1 Forge, 1 Curricle-cart, 4 horses each 12
1 baggage wagon
Total 120

6 Mounted detachment 8 horses each 48
2 Staff Sergeants, 2 Farriers, 5
1 collar-maker
1 Spare wheel carriage 6 horses 6
6 Officer horses 6

Total 185

Additional unaccounted for, spare, etc. 30

Total 215

Besides, each officer had his own two horses,
and the surgeon one, making 11 more

Grand Total 226

Personnel, 1 Captain, 3 Lieutenants, 1 Surgeon, 2 Staff-Sergeants, 3 Sergeants, 3 Corporals, 6 Bombardiers,
1 Farrier, 3 Shoeing Smiths, 2 Collar-Makers, 1 Wheeler, 2 Trumpeters, 80 Gunners, 84 Drivers

Journal of the Waterloo Campaign, General Cavalie Mercer, De Capo Press, New York, 1995

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