During the operations near Harrisonburg, Faries' battery had six guns--two 6-pounder smoothbores, two 12-pounder howitzers, and two 3-inch rifles. The latter are sometimes referred to as Parrotts or Parrott pattern pieces. A report submitted after the Red River campaign describes them as 2.9-inch Parrotts. They may have been of Confederate manufacture, but this point is unclear.