. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . GETTING THE RANGE This is another photograph taken under f3re and shows us BatteryB, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, in action before Petersburg,1864. Brady, the veteran photographer, obtained permis-sion to take a picture of Coopers Battery, in position forbattle. The first attempt provoked the fire of the Confederates, who supposed that the running forward of the artillerists waswith hostile intent. The Confederate guns frightened Brady shorse which ran off with his wagon and his assistant, upsettingand destroying his clumica
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . GETTING THE RANGE This is another photograph taken under f3re and shows us BatteryB, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, in action before Petersburg,1864. Brady, the veteran photographer, obtained permis-sion to take a picture of Coopers Battery, in position forbattle. The first attempt provoked the fire of the Confederates, who supposed that the running forward of the artillerists waswith hostile intent. The Confederate guns frightened Brady shorse which ran off with his wagon and his assistant, upsettingand destroying his clumicals. In the picture to the left. CaptainJames H. Cooper himself is seen leaning on a sword at the. CANNONEERS TO YOUR POSTS niins of the Mansfield house. In the rear of the battery theveteran \ermont brigade was acting as support. To tlieir rearwas the bank of the river skirted bj trees. The grove of whitepoplars to the right surrounded the Mansfield house. Withcharacteristic coolness, some of the troops had already pitched their dog tents. Better protection was .soon afforded by the .strongline of earthworks which was thrown iij) and ni-cupied li.\ theSixth Corps. Battery D was present ai the first ba Itle of Bull Run,where the Confederates there engaged got a taste of its metal onthe Federal left
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