. History of Durell's Battery in the Civil War (Independent Battery D, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery.) A narrative of the campaigns and battles of Berks and Bucks counties' artillerists in the War of the Rebellion .. . trap, butthere was nothing to do but go ahead. The progress through the embrasures was a series of jumps,rolls and short runs, seeking any protection that offered from theenfilading fire. At the same moment the infantry opened the as-sault with renewed fury, and succeeded in pressing back the Con-federate line and dislodging many of the troublesome was a f
. History of Durell's Battery in the Civil War (Independent Battery D, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery.) A narrative of the campaigns and battles of Berks and Bucks counties' artillerists in the War of the Rebellion .. . trap, butthere was nothing to do but go ahead. The progress through the embrasures was a series of jumps,rolls and short runs, seeking any protection that offered from theenfilading fire. At the same moment the infantry opened the as-sault with renewed fury, and succeeded in pressing back the Con-federate line and dislodging many of the troublesome was a full battery of field guns in this fort, one of them stillpointing its grim muzzle toward the Union lines, and another hadbeen run back a short distance and spiked. The magazine con-tained a good supply of ammunition. Sailor ordered his men totheir places, which order they promptly obeyed, although the airseemed alive with flying metal. They began to serve up Confed-erate shells out of Confederate guns that a few hours before hadbeen directed at them After continuing in action for some timethe batterymen were relieved and ordered to return to their ownguns. Thespace between the lines was still exposed to a hot fire. Capiuke of Peteksburc. 245 from the enem}s guns, which continued to belch forth canisterand shells upon the troops occupying his broken lines. I,ieuten-ant Sailor and his men succeeded, however, by a series of tacticsin running and dropping upon the ground at short intervals inreturning to their own guns unharmed. The guns of Lieutenants Lawrences and Cuffels commandin Fort Meikle were kept hot during the greater portion of theday. The enemy still held his lines intact in the immediatefront of Fort Meikle, upon which the shots of the guns weredirected whenever any movement of troops in front of them wasobserved. The marksmanship of the gunners was, for the mostpart, excellent, many of the shots striking the earthworks, some ofthem entering the embrasures of the forti
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