. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . REVIEW 0» REVIEWS CO. AN INGENIOUS DEVICE OF THK CONFEDERATES IN IMEASKI The Confederates had swung upwards the muzzle of this 8-inch smooth-bore sea-coasl gun within For)Pulaski, so that it could be used as a mortar for high-angle fire againsl the Federal batteries, < leneral Hun-ter and General Gillmores troops, supported by the gunboats, had erected these on Jones Island and TybeeIsland. Fort Pulaski, commanding the entrance to the Savannah River and covering th
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . REVIEW 0» REVIEWS CO. AN INGENIOUS DEVICE OF THK CONFEDERATES IN IMEASKI The Confederates had swung upwards the muzzle of this 8-inch smooth-bore sea-coasl gun within For)Pulaski, so that it could be used as a mortar for high-angle fire againsl the Federal batteries, < leneral Hun-ter and General Gillmores troops, supported by the gunboats, had erected these on Jones Island and TybeeIsland. Fort Pulaski, commanding the entrance to the Savannah River and covering the passage of block-ade runners to and from Savannah, early became an important objective of the Federal forces at HiltonHead. It was of the greatest importance thai shells should be dropped into the Federal trenches, and thisaccounts for the position of the gun in the picture. There was no freedom of recoil for the piece, and there-fore it could not he fired with the ••service charge or full charge of powder. Reduced charges, however,were sufficient, as the ranges to the opposing Latteries were short. With this and o
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