. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . g the siege of Petersburg, of which weliave, by a lucky chance, an account from one of the men inthe scene. The lifelikeness of the picture is beyond praise:one cannot help living through this tense moment Avith thesemen of long ago, and ones eyes instinctively follow their fixedgaze toward the lines of the foe. This picture y^as shown toLieutenant James A. Gardner (of Battery B, First Penn-sylvania Light Artillery), who immediately named half adozen of the figuresest
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . g the siege of Petersburg, of which weliave, by a lucky chance, an account from one of the men inthe scene. The lifelikeness of the picture is beyond praise:one cannot help living through this tense moment Avith thesemen of long ago, and ones eyes instinctively follow their fixedgaze toward the lines of the foe. This picture y^as shown toLieutenant James A. Gardner (of Battery B, First Penn-sylvania Light Artillery), who immediately named half adozen of the figuresest (see pages 22 and 23 1 am, even at this late day, able to pick out and recognize a verylarge number of the members of our battery, as shown in this battery (famibarly known as Coopers Battery) belonged to theFifth Corps, then commanded by Gen. G. K. Warren. Our corps arrived in front of Petersburg on June 17, 1864, was putinto position on the evening of that day, and engaged the Confederatebatteries on their line near the xVvery house. The enemy at tliat time [32 adding details of the most intimate inter-. JJij^^^^SSBt ^^ ff^ ^^^ytiig ^^r. (o <K
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