I am one of those who is unfamilar with artillery cannon talk, so I found the descriptions interesting and informative. I did witness an interesting use of a cannon last summer, however.
I was visiting a rancher who has an amazing collection of 19th Century firearms used in the West--bufffalo guns (and he does have some buffalo which he shoots from time to time, BTW); Winchester and Springfield rifles and carbines; Colt .45 6-shooters, etc. Hundreds of them.
He also has a cannon. I don't know the description, but it is the kind the calvary used in the late 1800's--so it may well date to the Civil War. It is pretty big and mounted on wheels like the one in your pictures.
Anyway, there was this HUGE bee hive in a tree close to his house and the noise was bothersome, so he filled the cannon with Seven Dust, aimed at the bee hive and let her rip. It covered the whole tree, knocked a bunch of little limbs off and a couple of bigger ones. It also solved the bee problem.
So I guess this is how to hunt bees in Texas with a U.S Calvary Army Cannon.
Not your normal 'beehive' round, imo....(LOL!)
Most artillery used in the Indian Wars was left over from the War of Northern Aggression. Mountain Howitzers often accompanied cavalry.