. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . UNION ARCH OF THE WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT GUARDING THE AQUEDUCT FORTS AT AX UPPER POTOMAC APPROACHTO WASHINGTON The forts on the south side of the Potomac, grouped im-mediately about the Aqueduct Bridge, were Forts Bennett,C. F. Smith, Strong, Morton, Woodbury, and latter was a tete-du-pont, or defense of a bridge, coveringthe Virginia end of the Aqueduct Bridge. It was on a slightplateau above the river, but was itself commanded by higherground around Arling
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . UNION ARCH OF THE WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT GUARDING THE AQUEDUCT FORTS AT AX UPPER POTOMAC APPROACHTO WASHINGTON The forts on the south side of the Potomac, grouped im-mediately about the Aqueduct Bridge, were Forts Bennett,C. F. Smith, Strong, Morton, Woodbury, and latter was a tete-du-pont, or defense of a bridge, coveringthe Virginia end of the Aqueduct Bridge. It was on a slightplateau above the river, but was itself commanded by higherground around Arlington Heights. In the two center photo-graphs cannoneers are loading big guns in Forts Corcoranand Woodbury. These are both cast-iron muzzle-loading3L2-pounder guns, mounted on wooden carriages with frontpintles. Technically, the upper part of the mount is the car-riage, and the lower part, running on the traverse wheels, is thechassis. The front pintle allowed the gun to rotate through anarc of 180 degrees. An interesting aspect of the loading of. LOADING 32-POUNDERS IN CORCORAN AND WOODBURY the big gun in Fort Corcoran is the officer holding his thumbover the vent. This was to prevent the influx of oxygen whilethe charge was being rammed home. After the gun washeated by several discharges, it was possible to fire it merelyby removing the thumb from the vent. Woe to the man handlingthe rammer if the officer inadvertently removed his thumb beforethecharge was rammed home! The premature discharge follow-ing would blow him into atoms, that is, if he should be thought-less enough to expose his body before the muzzle of the can-non. Many distressing accidents occur in this way, both inpeace and war. where amateurs handle the guns. The well-trained artillerist s!aml> aside from the muzzle when ramminghome the charge. Fort Corcoran was constructed to defend thisimportant bridge from assault on the Virginia side of the Poto-mac. Fort Strong was originally Fort De Kalband with FortsCo
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