. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ft*. UNION ARCH OF THE WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT GUARDING THE AQUEDUCT FORTS AT AX UPPER POTOMAC APPROACHTO WASHINGTON The forts on the south side of the Potomac, grouped im-mediately about the Aqueduct Bridge, were Forts Bennett,C. F. Smith, Strong, Morton, Woodbury, and latter was a tete-du-pont, or defense of a bridge, coveringthe Virginia end of the Aqueduct Bridge. It was on a slightplateau above the river, but was itself commanded by higherground around A
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ft*. UNION ARCH OF THE WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT GUARDING THE AQUEDUCT FORTS AT AX UPPER POTOMAC APPROACHTO WASHINGTON The forts on the south side of the Potomac, grouped im-mediately about the Aqueduct Bridge, were Forts Bennett,C. F. Smith, Strong, Morton, Woodbury, and latter was a tete-du-pont, or defense of a bridge, coveringthe Virginia end of the Aqueduct Bridge. It was on a slightplateau above the river, but was itself commanded by higherground around Arlington Heights. In the two center photo-graphs cannoneers are loading big guns in Forts Corcoranand Woodbury. These are both cast-iron muzzle-loading3L2-pounder guns, mounted on wooden carriages with frontpintles. Technically, the upper part of the mount is the car-riage, and the lower part, running on the traverse wheels, is thechassis. The front pintle allowed the gun to rotate through anarc of 180 degrees. An interesting aspect of the loading of
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