. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. THE DICTATORS OF THE DICTATOR^ Here are the men who did the thinking for the great mortar that rests so stolidh in the midst of the group. They are its cabinetministers, artillerymen every one, versed in the art of range-finding and danger-angles, of projectory arcs and the timing of the front line the two figures from left to right are Colonel H. L. Abbott, First Connecticut Hea^y Artillery, and General H. , Chief of Artillery. In the second, or rear line, also from left to right, the fir
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. THE DICTATORS OF THE DICTATOR^ Here are the men who did the thinking for the great mortar that rests so stolidh in the midst of the group. They are its cabinetministers, artillerymen every one, versed in the art of range-finding and danger-angles, of projectory arcs and the timing of the front line the two figures from left to right are Colonel H. L. Abbott, First Connecticut Hea^y Artillery, and General H. , Chief of Artillery. In the second, or rear line, also from left to right, the first is Captain F. A. Pratt; second (just beliindColonel Abbott), Captain E. C. Dow; fourth (just behind and to General Hunls left), Major T. S. TnmibuU. >Ji&^.«j|&^_ , e d mir^Kj J ■« ^agf^ jy^ii Lr:^. ^mmS^m^ r^ A PERM.\NEXT POSITION. THE RAILROAD GUNS EXECLTIVK COMMITTEE COPYHrGMT, 1911, PATRIOT POB. CO. These nine men are the cxeeutivc CDnimitlee that eontroHeil the actions of the great mortar, anil a yhmce at them showsthat they were picked men for tlie job—men in the prime of hfe, brawny and strong—they were the shives of their pet shots from this gun went much fartlicr than they were ever intended, carr,\ ing their fiery trails over the Confederate entrench-ments and exploding within the limits of the town itself, over two and a quarter miles. The roar of the explosion carried consterna-tion to all within hearing. In the lower picture is the great mortar resting in the position it occupied longest, near Battery Xo. 4.
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