. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE 100-POUNDER PARROTTS IN BATTERY ROSECRANS [114]. ■ • WARE SHARPSHOOTERS I At ten oclock on the nightof July 28th, orders wereissued to construct BatteryMeade and Battery Rose-crans in the second positions were laid outand work begun on thembefore midnight. Work pro-gressed rather slowly, how-ever, because the Confeder-ate sharpshooters picked offe\cry man who stuck hishead above the men were woundedat a distance of thirteenhundred yards. Conse-quently all the work that re-quired any exposure wasdone
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE 100-POUNDER PARROTTS IN BATTERY ROSECRANS [114]. ■ • WARE SHARPSHOOTERS I At ten oclock on the nightof July 28th, orders wereissued to construct BatteryMeade and Battery Rose-crans in the second positions were laid outand work begun on thembefore midnight. Work pro-gressed rather slowly, how-ever, because the Confeder-ate sharpshooters picked offe\cry man who stuck hishead above the men were woundedat a distance of thirteenhundred yards. Conse-quently all the work that re-quired any exposure wasdone at night. Anothercause of delay was the lackof earth; when trenches weredug more than three feetdeep the spring tides floodedthem. Besides, the workwas frequently interruptedby findmg dead bodies,cither In coffins or ^Tappedin blankets only. On an -SERVIXC, THE PARROTTS IX BATTERY .MK.\DE ^■^ ^^J^-.
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