4th U.S Light Artillery
History
Frederick the Great, the warrior King of Prussia, once said his artillery lent “dignity to what otherwise would be a vulgar brawl.” What Frederick realized was that, of the three main combat arms of 18th-century warfare, artillery required far greater knowledge, care and finesse than did infantry or cavalry. The validity of Frederick’s observation was recognized in the United States a century later; Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point were apportioned to the branches of service based upon their class standings. The top tier went into the engineers, the second into the artillery, the third to the cavalry and the bottom to the infantry.
While engineering was the most sophisticated discipline within the art of warfare and required the most advanced knowledge of mathematics and applied physics, it was essentially a noncombatant arm. Artillery also required an advanced knowledge of mathematics and applied physics, but gunners always had to put their learning to use during the chaos of battle. The artillery branch demanded of its commanders technical knowledge not required of cavalry and infantry commanders, and thus, of the combat arms in the 19th-century U.S. Army, the artillery received the most accomplished West Point graduates.
Ranks
Captain
First Sergeant
Quartermaster Sergeant
Sergeant
Corporal
Chief of the line of Caissons
Chief of the Limber
Cannoneer
Rules for joining us
-minimum age : 14
-teamspeak 3
-headset
-only German speakers please
