. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE DRERSITY OF THE FEDERAL ORDNANCE WIARD (ilN BATTERIES This view of tlio Washiiifiton Arsenal yard shows three batteries of Wiard steel guns. This was only one ofmany types which added to the eomi^lexity of the arnianients of the Federal ordnance. It is recorded thatthe artillery with Rosecranss army February 8, 18(5;5, included thirty-two (i-])ounder smooth-bores, twenty-four l-2-poundcr howitzers, citjht l-2-i)ounder light Na])oleons, twenty-one rifles, thirty-four 11)-pounder Wiard steel guns, two 6-pounder Wiard steel
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE DRERSITY OF THE FEDERAL ORDNANCE WIARD (ilN BATTERIES This view of tlio Washiiifiton Arsenal yard shows three batteries of Wiard steel guns. This was only one ofmany types which added to the eomi^lexity of the arnianients of the Federal ordnance. It is recorded thatthe artillery with Rosecranss army February 8, 18(5;5, included thirty-two (i-])ounder smooth-bores, twenty-four l-2-poundcr howitzers, citjht l-2-i)ounder light Na])oleons, twenty-one rifles, thirty-four 11)-pounder Wiard steel guns, two 6-pounder Wiard steel guns, two 16-pounder Parrotts, and four 3-inch rifleordnance guns. Of the batteries here shown, two were rejected on account of reported defects in the A 6-POUNDER WIARD—A MODERN-APPEARING TYPE
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