. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT, .ill, REVIEW or REVIEWS CO DEFENDERS OF LONG BRIDGE—A BATTERY DRILL The little boy on the comer is not looking at the cannoneers. Real soldiers and 12-pounder Napoleon field-guns are no novelty to him by now. He is staring at something really new in the summer of 04—the cam-era. He finds the curious looking box vastly more interesting. The soldiers stationed at the Virginia end ofLong Bridge were caught by the pioneer photographer at drill. They are in corr
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT, .ill, REVIEW or REVIEWS CO DEFENDERS OF LONG BRIDGE—A BATTERY DRILL The little boy on the comer is not looking at the cannoneers. Real soldiers and 12-pounder Napoleon field-guns are no novelty to him by now. He is staring at something really new in the summer of 04—the cam-era. He finds the curious looking box vastly more interesting. The soldiers stationed at the Virginia end ofLong Bridge were caught by the pioneer photographer at drill. They are in correct position ready foraction. The duty of the soldiers with the long swabs on the right of the guns near the muzzle is to spongethem out, and to ram home the new charge. The men on the left near the muzzle place the charge in the men on the right, back of the wheel, cover the vents until the charge is rammed home. The men onthe left, back of the wheel, have duties more complex. They prick the cartridge, insert a friction primerattached to a lanyard, step back, and at the order: Fire! explode the primer. Still
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