. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . REVIEW OF REVIEWS. INVESTING BY INCHES Logans Division nnderniining tlu- most forniitiahle ledoul)! in the defenses of Vicksburg. The positionwas immediately in front of this honeycombed slope on the Jackson road. IlX)!! these troops Icll mostof the labor of sapping and mining, which finally resulted in the wreckiiiji of the fort so gallantly de-fended by the veterans of the Third Louisiana. As the Federal lines crept up, the men working nightand day were forced to li
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . REVIEW OF REVIEWS. INVESTING BY INCHES Logans Division nnderniining tlu- most forniitiahle ledoul)! in the defenses of Vicksburg. The positionwas immediately in front of this honeycombed slope on the Jackson road. IlX)!! these troops Icll mostof the labor of sapping and mining, which finally resulted in the wreckiiiji of the fort so gallantly de-fended by the veterans of the Third Louisiana. As the Federal lines crept up, the men working nightand day were forced to live in burrows. They became proficient in such goi)lier work as the i)icture to the White House (Shirleys) the troops could be marched in comparative safety, but a short dis-tance beyond they were exposed to the Confederate sharpshooters, who had only rifles and muskets todepend on; their artillery had long since been silenced. Near this house was constructed Coonskm s *Tower; it was built of railway iron and cross-ties under the direction of Second Lieutenant Hciuy C. Foster,of Company B, Twenty-third Indiana. A
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