. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . LOAD! niliis of the Mansfield house. In the rear of the battery theveteran \iTmont brigade was acting as support. To tlieir rearwas the of the river skirted l)y trees. The grove of whitepoplars to the right surrounded the Mansfield house. Withcharacteristic coolness, some of the troops had already pitched their dog tents. Better protection was soon afforded by the strongline of earthworks which was thrown up and occui)ied by theSixth Corps. Rattery D was present
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . LOAD! niliis of the Mansfield house. In the rear of the battery theveteran \iTmont brigade was acting as support. To tlieir rearwas the of the river skirted l)y trees. The grove of whitepoplars to the right surrounded the Mansfield house. Withcharacteristic coolness, some of the troops had already pitched their dog tents. Better protection was soon afforded by the strongline of earthworks which was thrown up and occui)ied by theSixth Corps. Rattery D was present ai the first battle of Bull Run,where the Confederates there engaged got a taste of its metal onthe Federal left. READV TO OPEN FIRE Copyriuld by RtvitW oj Reviews Co. extreme right. Lieutenant Miller is the second figure from theleft. Lieutenant Alcorn is next, to the left from Captain James A. Gardner, just behind the prominent figurewith the haversack in the right section of the picture, iflentifiedthese members almost forty-seven years after the picture was taken. This Pennsylvania battery suffered greater loss than anyother volunteer Iniun battery; its record of casualties includestwenty-one killed and flied of wounds, anfl fifty-two wounded—convincing testimony of the fact that throughout the war its menstood bravely to their guns. = & o 2< Q HH GO I < KW < O
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