Also known as: battery-wagon.
| Type | Supply and stores vehicle |
|---|---|
| Carries | Tools, spare parts, harness, and camp stores |
| Role | Sustains a battery in the field |
Battery support
The battery wagon was part of the train that kept a field battery working. Bodied to carry tools, spare parts, harness, saddler's and carriage-maker's stores, and other supplies, it accompanied the guns, caissons, and forge so that repairs and replacements could be made in the field.
With the traveling forge, the battery wagon gave a battery the means to maintain its carriages, wheels, and harness on campaign.
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Sources & further reading
- United States War Department. Instruction for Field Artillery, Prepared by a Board of Artillery Officers. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1863.