. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . AN UNPRECEDENTED SIEGE BATTEUV Federal Battery No. 1 Before Yorktown.—Never before had so heavy a siege battery been mounted. It was plaeed half a mile fartherdown the York Ri\er than Battery No. i. From its six Parrott gims, five 100-pounders and one 200-pounder, it could at a single fir-ing drop 700 pounds of shot and shell upon the fortifications and landing at Yorktown, two miles away. It opened up on May 1,1862, with such telling effect that the evacuation of the
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . AN UNPRECEDENTED SIEGE BATTEUV Federal Battery No. 1 Before Yorktown.—Never before had so heavy a siege battery been mounted. It was plaeed half a mile fartherdown the York Ri\er than Battery No. i. From its six Parrott gims, five 100-pounders and one 200-pounder, it could at a single fir-ing drop 700 pounds of shot and shell upon the fortifications and landing at Yorktown, two miles away. It opened up on May 1,1862, with such telling effect that the evacuation of the town was greatly , occurring two days later. These Parrott gunswere in many cases failures. The reinforcement of the breach was not properly placed to stand the heavy charges and many burst,killing the artillerymen and wrecking everything in close vicinity. The life of these guns was Copyright by Patriot Pub. Co. THE PKIDE OF UNION BATTERY NUMBER ONE A iOO-pounder Parrott Gun.—This, at the time, mammoth piece of ordnance stood in the center of Battery No. 1. which was locatedon the west bank of the York River at the mouth of Wormlcys treek. The range of the battery was upstream toward Yorktown,and this huge Parrott gun in the very center of the battery was much relied upon by the Federals to do heavy damage. Here we seehow carefully McClellans engineers did their work. The wickerwork bastions were reinforced by tiers of sand bags. Well-constructedwooden stands were made for the gunners to facilitate the loading and swabbing. This battery was near the Farenholdt House.
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