. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT RIOT PUB. CO. This remarkable picturewas taken while the flying-sap was being pushed for-ward to the fifth (andlast) parallel. The actionof September Ctli is thusreported by Major T. : The generalcommanding o r d e re dGeneralTerry to take andhold the ridge, and placethe resources of the com-mand at his disposal forthat purpose. It was ac-complished at Ii::i0 a brilliant charge oftheTwenty-tonrth Massa-chusetts Volunteers,! lolo-nel Francis A.
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT RIOT PUB. CO. This remarkable picturewas taken while the flying-sap was being pushed for-ward to the fifth (andlast) parallel. The actionof September Ctli is thusreported by Major T. : The generalcommanding o r d e re dGeneralTerry to take andhold the ridge, and placethe resources of the com-mand at his disposal forthat purpose. It was ac-complished at Ii::i0 a brilliant charge oftheTwenty-tonrth Massa-chusetts Volunteers,! lolo-nel Francis A. Osborncommanding, supportedby the Third New Hamp-shire Volunteers, CaptainRandletl prisonerswerecaptured. They were SAP ROLLER AT THE HEADOK THE FLYING-SAP. FIRING THE BIG GUN (HATFIELD afraid to retire on ac-count of their own torpe-does, as they informed us,and had too little time,even if there had been notorpedoes. No works, ex-cepting rude rifle-pits inthe excellent natural cov-er afforded by the ridge,were found. . The mo-ment the ridge was gainedthe work of entrenchingwas begun under the su-perintendence of CaptainWalker. The balance ofthe report tells about thefifth parallel and the fly-ing-sap, which took themup to Battery Wagnerand the battery renamedChatfield on CummingsPoint, in order to com-memorate Colonel JohnL. Chatfield, killed July18th, at Battery Wagner. ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL GUNS OF THE CONFEDERACY. IN FORT MOULTRIE This huge gun in Fort Moultriewas designed to throw 600-pound shells. With such de-fenders Charleston became thebest-fortified city on the Con-federate sea-coast, and proveda stumbling-Mock to both theFederal army and navy. FortMoultrie was on SullivansIsland, guarding the right-hand entrance to the h
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