Definition of "field gun" []

• An artillery piece, originally a smaller gun that could accompany a field army on the march and when in combat could be moved about the battlefield in response to changing circumstances. (noun)

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• "Two twenty-fours and one field gun were abandoned at Bisland, and two twenty-fours lost at Butte à la"
• "As I reached the field the enemy came in sight, and Green led on his charge so vigorously as to drive the Federals into Donaldsonville, capturing two hundred prisoners, many small arms, and two guns, one of which was the field gun lost at Bisland."