. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . MEN OF TIIL rillUD MAbbACHLbETTb IIEAW ARTILLLR\ lOHI brL\LNb Fort Stevens, on the north line of the defenses of Washington, bore tlie brunt of the Confederate attaek in the aetion of July li,1864, when Early threatened Washington. The smooth-bore guns in its armament were two 8-inch siege-howitzers en ciiibrasiin-. six24-pounder siege-guns en embrasure, two 24-pounder sea-coast guns en barbctfe. It was also armed with five 30-pounder Parrottrifled guns, one 10-inch siege-mortar and one 2-t-pounder Coehorn mortar. Three of the
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . MEN OF TIIL rillUD MAbbACHLbETTb IIEAW ARTILLLR\ lOHI brL\LNb Fort Stevens, on the north line of the defenses of Washington, bore tlie brunt of the Confederate attaek in the aetion of July li,1864, when Early threatened Washington. The smooth-bore guns in its armament were two 8-inch siege-howitzers en ciiibrasiin-. six24-pounder siege-guns en embrasure, two 24-pounder sea-coast guns en barbctfe. It was also armed with five 30-pounder Parrottrifled guns, one 10-inch siege-mortar and one 2-t-pounder Coehorn mortar. Three of the phitforms for siege-guns remained vacant.
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