. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . SlLtNT AFTER TWO DAYS WORK Union Battery No. 1, Two Miles Below Yorktown.—This section of tlie Parrott guns was in the peach orchard of the FarenholdtHouse. Never had so heavy a battery been set up before in .siege work. McClellan hoped by it to silence the impregnable waterbatteries of the Confederates by *lropping shot and shell upon Yorktown wharf and within the defenses on the blutf. After twodays of action it was rendered useless by the evacuation of Yorktown, an
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . SlLtNT AFTER TWO DAYS WORK Union Battery No. 1, Two Miles Below Yorktown.—This section of tlie Parrott guns was in the peach orchard of the FarenholdtHouse. Never had so heavy a battery been set up before in .siege work. McClellan hoped by it to silence the impregnable waterbatteries of the Confederates by *lropping shot and shell upon Yorktown wharf and within the defenses on the blutf. After twodays of action it was rendered useless by the evacuation of Yorktown, and had to be transported up the river after the change of thebase. The Farenholdt mansion, a handsome old Colonial structure, was just in the rear of this battery, and fn -n its roof the work ofthe shells could be clearly observed. The good shots were cheered and the men stationed here were in holiday mood—no Confeder-ate fire could reach Copyright by Patriot Pub. Co. TRK SCENE OF YORKTOWNS ONLY SURRENDER Moores House, about a Mile Southeast of the Town.—Near here, in 1781, Cornwallis laid down his arms to Washington and in thishouse the terms of the surrender which established the independence of America were drawn up. The damage to the house is theeffect of the Revolutionary guns and not those of McClellan. The guns of Battery No. 1 fired their heavy shells over this here also many of the Continentals were buried, and across their graves and the old camp of Cornwalliss beleagured troops themessengers of destruction hurtled through the air. The Federal fleet was anchored near where the Comte de Grasses ships lay atthe time of the surrender.
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