. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . k. COPiRIGHT, 19H, neVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. INSIDE A CONFEDERATE WATER BATTERY, PENSACOLA HARBOR, IN 1801 THIS AND THE FOLLOWING THREE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN WITHIN THE CONFEDERATE LINES IN 1SC1 This vivid view of great events in the making reveals the green Confederate volunteers without uniforms andstill inexperienced. They show more enthusiasm than efficiency as they awkwardly handle the guns. It wasnot long before these quickly recruited gunners had become expert eno
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . k. COPiRIGHT, 19H, neVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. INSIDE A CONFEDERATE WATER BATTERY, PENSACOLA HARBOR, IN 1801 THIS AND THE FOLLOWING THREE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN WITHIN THE CONFEDERATE LINES IN 1SC1 This vivid view of great events in the making reveals the green Confederate volunteers without uniforms andstill inexperienced. They show more enthusiasm than efficiency as they awkwardly handle the guns. It wasnot long before these quickly recruited gunners had become expert enough to give a good account of them-selves. On November 22 and 23, 1801, they sustained ami replied to a bombardment by the United Statesvessels Niagara and Richmond and by Fort Pickens and the neighboring Union batteries. Although FortMcRee was so badly injured that General Bragg entertained the idea of abandoning it, the plan of the Unioncommanders to take and destroy it was not executed. Time and again when the Federal blockadingfleet threatened various points along the Confederate coast, requisitions were sent for these g
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