. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . heavy gnus employed in the nneiicccssful at-Impt to ieduce the Confcdcmto forU, and thenI lie novel use of ironclads, and the planting ofJitavy hatterieson swunipy ground, bad never he-loro Ucen witnessed. TJio pecnliar oonstrnction ofllio battery known na the Swamp Angol wasilio work of Colonel E. W. Serri
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . heavy gnus employed in the nneiicccssful at-Impt to ieduce the Confcdcmto forU, and thenI lie novel use of ironclads, and the planting ofJitavy hatterieson swunipy ground, bad never he-loro Ucen witnessed. TJio pecnliar oonstrnction ofllio battery known na the Swamp Angol wasilio work of Colonel E. W. Serrill, Fii-st New York\oluntoers, iissiated by Captain JCcKouua and Liou-iinants Parsons and Edwards, who. under hot lire(rom tbo Uonfedoratc batteries, erected, in a swampwhere an iron rod by its own weight wonld buryitself, tills monster battery, which threw shells in(he streets of Cbarleslon, five miles distant. ThisIriumph of engineering skill was variously callediiy the soldiers, -SSwamp Angel, Hud LarkLud Marsh Croaker. Note.—Il \% ine lo T. Crone, wlio fumiali«l llicl^pltlica from wliitti our lllustralions- ot llic siege of Ibisrliurtcaton forts liuvu lieca Inkcn, IIjuI tlic fol-liiving letter bo licrc jiubliHlicd; IlEuiqiI:kliT>Ra IIErjlOMBST or nrn Squui,. Sonora, nncl Iq 1838 fji Loircr OaUomui, U. whtr^posJtIoD tiL caalmucd iinlil col ed into Uu; uiillt ,rfKTMce as IniMtl r gcatTjl of Ibc Dutrlct of Colamtin, Ian nn l^i leOl u id n iislcred Into «*rncoJanuan 2i l<01 uo apcclnl appLcattoa of Lleulatumtgeneral *- IL He ifii tAe Jirt man mi ilrmf tnb lemir for (Atdrftntf ot Oit nail nil rij 6ii Ifo mispd nrcnnUnllinllrai and conunandol all lliu % 1 li I t r ir-u | i f ll tDi5lncl of Columbia la tlio W i force ivlucli Ibc OoTtmiDLiit t) \copitul in Its posMssioD up lU V L Iho N itiDDil GunniB of ^cw 1 i) I I I I ( lie tourlpcmti Iiiran(r\ Alav I-llb tSOl nnttIn 1 I ral of Volunlers May nil of Ilia wmo 3 r II Id cnmniiinil of ill th niilposU of M ilsliingloa
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