The Photographic History of the Civil War: Forts and artilleryFrancis Trevelyan Miller, Robert Sampson Lanier Review of Reviews Company, 1911 |
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Page 7 - Mill on the Peninsula. He was made colonel May 31,1864, for gallant and meritorious service in the battle of Cold Harbor, and brigadier-general for distinguished service while chief of horse artillery attached to the Army of the Potomac during the campaign from May to August, 1804, including the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor,
Page 4 - Turner, Federal chief of artillery runs: " The fire from the breaching batteries upon Sumter was incessant, and kept up continuously from daylight till dark, until the evening of the 23d. . . . The fire upon the gorge had, by the morning of the 23d, succeeded in destroying every gun upon the parapet of it. The
Page 6 - greatly strengthened by immense piles of sandbags, covering every portion of the exposed front toward the neck of the bay. The fort was well equipped with three tiers of heavy guns, one of the guns at least, of the best English make, imported by the Confederates.
Page 9 - Valley campaign and fought at the battle of Opequon. It was mustered out, October 19, 1864, at the expiration of its term. The Eighth Battery of Massachusetts Light Artillery was organized for six months' service June 24, 1862. It fought at the second battle of Bull Run, at South Mountain, and Antietam.
Page 4 - pet and ramparts of the gorge were completely demolished for nearly the entire length of the face, and in places everything was swept off down to the arches, the débris forming an accessible ramp
Page 9 - During the whole affair we have stood side by side, and if any credit is due for the course pursued, he is entitled to it equally with myself." The demand was refused, and Fort Pickens THE CONFEDERATE GUNNERS IN 1861 BRIGADIER-GENERAL WN PENDLETON
Page 4 - it enacted, etc., etc., that the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is
Page 2 - of September 6th is thus reported by Major TB Brooks: "The general commanding ordered General Terry to take and hold the ridge, and place the resources of the command at his disposal for that purpose. It was accomplished at
Page 10 - fortifications, and that the Confederates were as badly defeated as the Federals. General Johnston says: ' We were almost as much disorganized by our victory as the Federals by their defeat," and it was conceded by everybody that disorganization and the moral deterrent effect of " fortifications " were mainly responsible for the Confederates not pressing their victory to the logical conclusion of occupying the capital. The stream