. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . May w. r: //^ fi //V/ m -^^ VM/ -/ r.^2?. Copyright oy^latriot i^uo. Co. FROM CAPTAIN TO BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL John C. Tidball, Who Won His Spurs on the Peninsula. There is hardly a despatch tliat concerns the doings of the artillery in thePeninsula Campaign that does not mention the name of the gallant officer we see here leaning against his mud-spattered gun. Tidballsbattery was the iirst to try for the position of honor on the artillery firing line and the last to r
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . May w. r: //^ fi //V/ m -^^ VM/ -/ r.^2?. Copyright oy^latriot i^uo. Co. FROM CAPTAIN TO BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL John C. Tidball, Who Won His Spurs on the Peninsula. There is hardly a despatch tliat concerns the doings of the artillery in thePeninsula Campaign that does not mention the name of the gallant officer we see here leaning against his mud-spattered gun. Tidballsbattery was the iirst to try for the position of honor on the artillery firing line and the last to retire. He was a graduate of WestPoint, class of 48, and like all West Pointers, was imbued with the slogan and motto of that cradle of soldiers, Duty, Valor, Patriot-ism. He was appointed captain in 61 and given command of four rifled 10-pounder Parrotts and two 12-pounder smooth-bores. Through the heavy roads he kept his guns well to the fore throughout all of the Peninsula Campaign. For his particijjationin the skirmish at New Bridge he was thrice mentioned in despatches. But previous to this he had been reported for gallantry atBlackburns Ford in the first bat
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