. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . HA, CONFEDERATE DEAD IN THE SUNKEN ROAD. (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.) HARPERS FERRY AND SHARRSBURG. 3°3. SCENE AT THE RUINS These buildings were fired early in the morning by D. men, who feared they would become a point of vantage tothe Union forces. The sketch was made after the advance ofFrench to the sunken road. Presumably, the battery firing uponthe Confederate line to the right of that road is the First RhodeIsland Light Artillery; for Captain John A. Tompkins of BatteryA says, in his report, that he placed his pieces on a knoll direct
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . HA, CONFEDERATE DEAD IN THE SUNKEN ROAD. (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.) HARPERS FERRY AND SHARRSBURG. 3°3. SCENE AT THE RUINS These buildings were fired early in the morning by D. men, who feared they would become a point of vantage tothe Union forces. The sketch was made after the advance ofFrench to the sunken road. Presumably, the battery firing uponthe Confederate line to the right of that road is the First RhodeIsland Light Artillery; for Captain John A. Tompkins of BatteryA says, in his report, that he placed his pieces on a knoll directly in front of some burning ruins, and opened fire upona battery in front. At 9:30, he continues, the enemy ap-peared upon my right front with a large column, apparentlydesigning to charge the battery. I was not aware of their ap-proach until the head of the column gained the brow of a hillabout sixty yards from the right gun of the battery. The pieces constant practice of doing as little harm aspossible to non-combatants. About an hourafter my batteries opened fire,those of A. P. Hill and Lavvton followed suit,and near three oclock those of M
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