. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . s. The armament was principally 24- and32-pounders, some smooth-bore and some rifled, with a fewlighter field-guns. Magazines Avere provided that had a capa-city each of about one hundred rounds of ammunition, andsome of the most important works had bomb-proof shelters,where about one-third of the garrison could sleep secure fromartillery fire. The curious fluctuation of public feeling toward thefortifications can be seen when we remember that, before theManassas camp
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . s. The armament was principally 24- and32-pounders, some smooth-bore and some rifled, with a fewlighter field-guns. Magazines Avere provided that had a capa-city each of about one hundred rounds of ammunition, andsome of the most important works had bomb-proof shelters,where about one-third of the garrison could sleep secure fromartillery fire. The curious fluctuation of public feeling toward thefortifications can be seen when we remember that, before theManassas campaign, they were very lightly regarded: imme-diately after that campaign and the defeat of Bull Run, therewas a fever heat of apprehension and demand for General McClellans splendidly organized army tookthe field against the foe, there was a certainty that the warwas about to be ended, and a corresponding decrease of re-gard for the defenses; and we shall see later how the ebb of thetide again caught the public and sent it scurrying behind theforts. When McClellan left Washington for the front, the act [98]. IN FORMIDABLE FORT SUMNERAPRIL 5. 1864 Fort Sumner, a semi-closed work. lay highest up the river of all the forts defending Washington. It was northwest of the receivingreservoir, overlooking the Potomac, and commanded by the fire of its heavy guns the opposite shore in front of the works of the Virginiaside. Its great armament made it a formidable fort. Of smooth-bore guns it had three 8-inch siege-howitzers and two 32-poundcrsea-coast guns en embrasure, and six 33-pounder and four 24-pounder sea-coast guns en barbette. Its rifled guns were two 100-pounderParrotts en barbette, four 4} o-inch rifles en embrasure, two 4 2-inch rifles en barbette, and six 6-pounder James rifles en embrasure. Italso boasted three mortars, one 10-inch siege-mortar, and two 24-pounder Coehorns, and there were thirteen vacant platforms forfield and siege-guns. The terrain on which
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