. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ■ ■^■■£nw*yu. fit 75 *//// J. h. REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. HEAVY ARTILLERY THAT MADE MARVELLOUS INFANTRY-DRILLING BEFORE THE WILDERNESS Save for the drill, in the forts about Washington, the big heavy artillery regiments with a complement of men had an easy timeat first But in 1864, when General Grant took command of the armies in the field, the heavy artillery regiments in the vicinity ofWashington were brigaded, provisionally, for service at the front. On May 19th
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ■ ■^■■£nw*yu. fit 75 *//// J. h. REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. HEAVY ARTILLERY THAT MADE MARVELLOUS INFANTRY-DRILLING BEFORE THE WILDERNESS Save for the drill, in the forts about Washington, the big heavy artillery regiments with a complement of men had an easy timeat first But in 1864, when General Grant took command of the armies in the field, the heavy artillery regiments in the vicinity ofWashington were brigaded, provisionally, for service at the front. On May 19th, at the battle of Spotsylvania, the veteranscracked no end of jokes at the expense of the new troops. How are you, heavies? they would cry. Is this work heavy enoughfor you ? Youre doing well, my sons. If you keep on like this a couple of years, youll learn all the tricks of the trade Theyhad no more such comments to make after they had seen the heavies in action. They bore themselves nobly. Many ofthe severest casualties during the war were sustained by the heavy artillerists in the Wilderness campaign and at Petersburg.
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