. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . HEAVY ARTILLERY THAT MADE MARVELLOUS INFANTRY—DRILLING BEFORE THE WILDERNESS Save for the drills in the forts about Washington, the big heavy artillery regiments with a complement of 1,800 men had an easy timeat first. But in 1864, when General Grant took command of the armies in the field, the heavy artillery regiments in the vicinity ofWashington were brigaded, provisionally, for service at the front. On May 19th, at the battle of Spotsylvania, the veteranscracked no end of jokes at the expense of the new troops. How are you, hea
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . HEAVY ARTILLERY THAT MADE MARVELLOUS INFANTRY—DRILLING BEFORE THE WILDERNESS Save for the drills in the forts about Washington, the big heavy artillery regiments with a complement of 1,800 men had an easy timeat first. But in 1864, when General Grant took command of the armies in the field, the heavy artillery regiments in the vicinity ofWashington were brigaded, provisionally, for service at the front. On May 19th, at the battle of Spotsylvania, the veteranscracked no end of jokes at the expense of the new troops. How are you, heaWes? they would cry. Is this work heavy enoughfor you i Youre doing well, my sons. If you keep on like this a couple of years, youll learn all the tricks of the trade. Theyhad no more such comments to make after they had seen the heavies in action. They bore themselves nobly. Many ofthe severest casualties during the war were sustained hy tlic heavy artillerists in tlie Wildi-nicss lampaifju and at A LIGHT BATTERY THAT FOUGHT BEFORE PETERSBURG—THE 17TH NEW YORK PATHIOT PUB. CO. The Seventeenth Independent Battery of New York Light Artillery, known as the Orleans Battery,was organized at Lockport,New York, and mustered in August 26, 1862. It remained in the artillery camp of instruction and in the defenses of Washingtonuntil .July, 1864, when it was ordered to Petersburg. It took part in the pursuit of Lee, and was present at
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