. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Eiglitrcii furts, fuur l)atUT-ies of lK-a\y artillcr\, amitwent,\--thrf(. of light ar-tillery were located betweenFort Sumner, on the Poto-mac above Georgetown, andFt>rt Lincoln, near Bladens-burg, commaniliiig the I$al-timure and Ohio Railroadand the upper Lincoln Wiis profuselybut not heavily armed. Ithad two 8-inch siege-Iiowitz-ers, six 32-pounder sea-coastgims, one 24-pounder siege-gun, tliree 24-pounder sea-coast guns, four 12-pounderfield-guns, and eight 6-poimder field-guns en bar-betlc. with two 24-pounde
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Eiglitrcii furts, fuur l)atUT-ies of lK-a\y artillcr\, amitwent,\--thrf(. of light ar-tillery were located betweenFort Sumner, on the Poto-mac above Georgetown, andFt>rt Lincoln, near Bladens-burg, commaniliiig the I$al-timure and Ohio Railroadand the upper Lincoln Wiis profuselybut not heavily armed. Ithad two 8-inch siege-Iiowitz-ers, six 32-pounder sea-coastgims, one 24-pounder siege-gun, tliree 24-pounder sea-coast guns, four 12-pounderfield-guns, and eight 6-poimder field-guns en bar-betlc. with two 24-pounderfield-howitzers en concludes the list ofthe smooth-bores, but therewere also a 100-pounderParrot t and four 20-pounderParrotts. Fort Lincoln wasa bastioned fort of four. faces. One of the 20-piiund-cr i^ \ the top of the ., and the IDO-pounderis in full view in the farcorner of the fort. Thiswas one of the first jjointsfortified on the Northernlines about spade, seen leaningagainst the house to the leftof the pile of boxes, was thegreat weapon of lower photograph showsCompany H of the ThirdMassachusetts Heavy Artil-lery manning the muskets have beenleaned against the parapet,and the pile of shells to theright makes the great gunsglaring down the valleyseemformidable indeed. TheThird Massachusetts wasorganized from unattachedcompanies of heavy artilleryin August, 1864, for thedefense of Washington. THK LXTEKIOR OF FORT LIX( OLX
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