. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . nding positions of the Union artillery on the left bankenabled it to get a superiority of fire over the Confederateguns, which j^roved very distressing to Lee and baffled liis firstattempts to cross. From the Rappahannock to Gainesville, the artillery hadlittle 02)portunity to go into action. The marching and coun-termarching by both armies, each under the impression thatthe other was retreating, finally brought them together onthe field of Gainesville, on August 28th. In this sanguinaryfight the losses were great, the artillery su
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . nding positions of the Union artillery on the left bankenabled it to get a superiority of fire over the Confederateguns, which j^roved very distressing to Lee and baffled liis firstattempts to cross. From the Rappahannock to Gainesville, the artillery hadlittle 02)portunity to go into action. The marching and coun-termarching by both armies, each under the impression thatthe other was retreating, finally brought them together onthe field of Gainesville, on August 28th. In this sanguinaryfight the losses were great, the artillery sustaining its fulll)roportion. Popes jiroblem was now to prevent the union of Long-street and Jackson. At Groveton, near the old Bull Runbattle-ground, another bloody encounter took place, and thecharacter of the fighting can best be understood when it is re-lated that the men of General Hatchs division, after fightingfor three-quarters of an hour in close range of the foe, retiredin good order, leaving one gun in the hands of the Southerners. 1 (if 1 [- m 1^. A BATTERY THATFOUGHT IX MANY CAM-PAIGNS—KXAPS rhc upper photograph is of[ndcpendent Battery E ofPennsylvania Light Artillery,mown as Knaps Battery,ifter its captain, Joseph Here the battery issithin a strong fortification,guarded by a slashing of;recs with branches pointing)utward, \-isible beyond thesalls. At Antietam, where;he battery distinguished it-ielf, there were no entrench-nents to protect it from theire of the Confederates; yet,practically unsupported, itDroke up two charges inthe tliick of the action. ThenMcClellans long-range gimsmaterially assisted the Unionidvance, but later in the daythe demand for artillery wasio great that when GeneralHancock asked for more toissist his attenuated line, he:ould not get them until heBnally borrowed one battery[rom Franklin. After thebattle ended (September 17,I862) and the Confederatesn-ith<lrew to the south side ofthe Potomac, General Porterresolved to capture
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