. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . INSIDE FORT TOTTEX—THREE SHIFTING SCENES IN A BIG-GUN DRILL Constant drill at the guns went on in the defenses of Washington throughout the war. At its close in April, 1865. therewere 68 enclosed forts and batteries, whose aggregate perimeter was thirteen miles, 807 guns and 98 mortars mounted, andemplacements for 1,120 guns, ninety-three unarmed batteries for field-guns, 35,711 yards of rifle-trenches, and three block-houses encircling the Northern capital.
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . INSIDE FORT TOTTEX—THREE SHIFTING SCENES IN A BIG-GUN DRILL Constant drill at the guns went on in the defenses of Washington throughout the war. At its close in April, 1865. therewere 68 enclosed forts and batteries, whose aggregate perimeter was thirteen miles, 807 guns and 98 mortars mounted, andemplacements for 1,120 guns, ninety-three unarmed batteries for field-guns, 35,711 yards of rifle-trenches, and three block-houses encircling the Northern capital. The entire extent of front of the lines was thirty-seven miles; and thirty-two milesof military roads, besides those previously existing in the District of Columbia, formed the means of interior communica-tion. In all these forts constant preparation was made for a possible onslaught of the Confederates, and many of the troopswere trained which later went to take part in the siege of Petersburg where the heavy artillery fought bravely as infantry.
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