. History of Durell's Battery in the Civil War (Independent Battery D, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery.) A narrative of the campaigns and battles of Berks and Bucks counties' artillerists in the War of the Rebellion .. . sing the and opening another stage of the battle. Late in the forenoon. Captain Durell. with the other fourguns of his battery, moved to the bridge and followed the infantryof the division across to the other side. Coming up to the centresection, the whole battery moved forward and took position uponnext to the uppermost range of hills above the valley, ahiio
. History of Durell's Battery in the Civil War (Independent Battery D, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery.) A narrative of the campaigns and battles of Berks and Bucks counties' artillerists in the War of the Rebellion .. . sing the and opening another stage of the battle. Late in the forenoon. Captain Durell. with the other fourguns of his battery, moved to the bridge and followed the infantryof the division across to the other side. Coming up to the centresection, the whole battery moved forward and took position uponnext to the uppermost range of hills above the valley, ahiiost insight of Sharpsburg, and to the right of a large cornfield, wheeling into battery under a heavy fire of the enemys artillery Itwas soon hotly engaged with a battery in its front, being at thesame time exposed to a shower of bullets from the enemys infantryunder cover of a stone wall in front and the cornfield on the enemys battery opposing in front was about 900 yards distant,and was soon silenced. Hut there were other Confederate batter-ies that bore down on Durell, to which he replied until the one infront had the temerity to again open, when it would again claimhis attention and again be The Maryland Campaign—Antietam. 83 Soon after taking this position, Captain Clarks Battery E,4th U. S. Artillery, came to the support and alligned its guns withDurells. Captain Clark and one of his lieutenants were struckdown while getting their guns into position. When Clarks Batterygot into action the enemys fire grew weaker. At about 3 oclock,Hawkins Zouaves (9th New York,) marched forward and chargedupon the battery in front and captured it in gallant style. TheZouaves were able to hold it but a few minutes, being forced backto the main line of battle in a badly shattered condition. The fieldwas thickly dotted with red trousers, showing the heavy loss of theZouaves. The regiment was not supported in the charge, whichwas afterward said to have been made without
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