. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . company of the famous First Connecticut Artillery, under Cap-tain Burke. It was a great disappointment to the Federal artillerymen, who had worked for a month placing the batteries in position,that there was no chance to test their power and efficiency. McClellan has been criticised for dilatory tactics at Yorktown, but many oldsoldiers declare that the army under his command inflicted as much damage and suffered far less than the victorious army directed by Grant. WATCHIXG THE AP-PROACH OF A SHELL,YORKTOWN, MAY, 1802This photograp
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . company of the famous First Connecticut Artillery, under Cap-tain Burke. It was a great disappointment to the Federal artillerymen, who had worked for a month placing the batteries in position,that there was no chance to test their power and efficiency. McClellan has been criticised for dilatory tactics at Yorktown, but many oldsoldiers declare that the army under his command inflicted as much damage and suffered far less than the victorious army directed by Grant. WATCHIXG THE AP-PROACH OF A SHELL,YORKTOWN, MAY, 1802This photograph of Bat-tery Xo. 4, planted for thebombardment of Yorktown,shows a sentinel on thewatch, ready to give warn-ing of the approach of ashell and thus enable everyman to seek shelter. Be-side him is the bomb-proof in which the troopsremained under cover whenthe bombardment was con-tinuous. At Yorktown, theConfederates had an 8-inchmortar with which they didrather indifferent shooting,but the moral effect onthe Federal soldiers of thescreeching shells was The caliber of these mortarswas thirteen inches, and onaccoimt of their tremendousweight, 17,000 pounds, itrequired great labor to placetliem in position. The pro-jectiles, which were princi-pally used for sea-coastoperations, varied in weight,according to maximum weightwas about 770 pounds,and these were fired with amaximum of about seventy-five pounds of bore of this mortar inches in length. Thiswas a case of wars laborlost, as the Confederatesleft on May 3d, and Me-Clellans elaborate siege bat-teries ne%er had a chance. iEi)t iFriirral Axlillrrij ^-
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