. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . rticidar branch of the service, and thisdid not tend to due proportions between the different of a limited number of smooth-bore guns in possessionof certain volunteer associations, the Government had no equip-ment of field-artillery to start witli. What was found in thearsenals in the Southern States which fell into the hands of theConfederate Government, consisted of old iron guns mountedon Gribeauval carriages, manufactiued about 1812, but therewas not a single serviceable field-battery in any arsenal. The few g
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . rticidar branch of the service, and thisdid not tend to due proportions between the different of a limited number of smooth-bore guns in possessionof certain volunteer associations, the Government had no equip-ment of field-artillery to start witli. What was found in thearsenals in the Southern States which fell into the hands of theConfederate Government, consisted of old iron guns mountedon Gribeauval carriages, manufactiued about 1812, but therewas not a single serviceable field-battery in any arsenal. The few guns belonging to the different States were shortof harness, saddles, and other equipment. Xot a gun or gun-carriage, and, excej^t during the ]Mexican War, not a roundof ammunition had been prejiared in any of the ConfederateStates for fifty years. When hostilities began, the only foun-dry for casting cannon was at the Tredegar works in Rich-mond, and with the exception of a battery of Blakely guns,imported by the State of South Carolina, and a single battery. INSIDE A CONFEDERATE WATER BATTERY. PENSACOLA HARBOR, IN 1861 THIS AND THE FOLLOWING THREE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN WITHIN THE CONFEDERATE LINES IN 1861 This vivid view of great events in the making reveals the green Confederate volunteers without uniforms andstill inexperienced. Tliey show more enthusiasm than efficiency as they awkwardly handle tlie guns. It wasnot long before these quickly recruited gunners had become expert enougli to give a good account of them-selves. On Noveml^er 2^ and 23, 1861, they sustained and repHed to a bombardment by the United Statesvessels Niagara and Richmond and by Fort Pickens and the neighljoring Union batteries. Although FortMcRee was so badly injured that General Bragg entertained tlie 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, requ
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