The Artilleryman is about the small guns. Being a small full scale makes them eligible for any type of event and they do not have any special needs such as a heavy duty trailor and truck with a tow package. The cost of feeding a big gun can be a little scary to. The 12pdr.s at Grayling fire 2lbs.+ per shot. We can make it out there with our 3oz. charge.(though we have figure out the sight on it yet.)
There were nearly 200 small sized guns floating around both armies in the civil war. Some of them were ,
The elesworth gun , around 36 1.5" bore 48" long Mt. How.type carriage.
Woodruff gun, 20 smoothbore, rifled pcs known. 2.250 bore
Filley gun. 15rifled ,15 smoothb. 2.125 bore
Con Mt. rifle, 36 rifled Bronze and iron 2.250
Hughes gun 50pcs. 1.5 to 2" bore smooth and rifled
Travis.......
As for mortar.. coehorns are most practical.
May I make this suggestion. Come down to the national range on the 3rd weekend in May on Friday and Saturday and talk to some people. Check out what is envolved. It might be a good idea to join a team just for artillery (let them know thats your intention) and spend little money dues and a generic uniform,gaining the experince before make a large finacial plunge. It would be usefull no matter what kind of cannon shooting you end up doing.
Even these small guns are going to cost some good money.