. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . i:)onents. Noengineer troo2)s were j^rovided for by the Confederate Con-gress until 1863, when two regiments were authorized and or-ganized, in tmie to take part in the campaigns of 1864. Priorto that time, such duties as pertain to engineer troops wereperformed hy details from divisions, generally known as Pio-neer Corps, under the direction of officers of the EngineerCorps attached to such divisions. Of the two regiments of engineer troops, the First Regi-ment and two companies of the Second Regiment were organ-ized for service A
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . i:)onents. Noengineer troo2)s were j^rovided for by the Confederate Con-gress until 1863, when two regiments were authorized and or-ganized, in tmie to take part in the campaigns of 1864. Priorto that time, such duties as pertain to engineer troops wereperformed hy details from divisions, generally known as Pio-neer Corps, under the direction of officers of the EngineerCorps attached to such divisions. Of the two regiments of engineer troops, the First Regi-ment and two companies of the Second Regiment were organ-ized for service Avith the Army of Northern Virginia. Theother eight com])anies of the Second served elsewhere thanin Virginia, several of them in the Trans-JNIississippi Dejiait-ment. During the first three years of the war when pontoonbridges were needed, they were handled by the Pioneer Corps,or other details from the ranks, under the direction of officers ofthe Engineer Corps. The bridge on which General Lees aimvrecrossed the Potomac near Williamsport after the battle of. AN INGEXIOUS DEVICE OF THE CONFEDERATES IN PULASKI rhe Confederates had swung ujjwards the niuzzU^ of tliis 8-inch smooth-bore sea-coast gun within FortPuhiski, so tliat it could be used as a mortar for hisli-anglc fire against the Federal batteries. General Huii-ber and General Gillmores troops, supported by the gunboats, had erected these on Jones Island and TybeeIsland. Fort Pulaski, commanding the entrance to the Savannah River and covering the passage of block-ade runners to and from Savannah, early became an important objective of the Federal forces at HiltonHead. It was of the greatest importance that shells shoidd be dropped into the Federal trenches, and thisaccounts for the position of the gun in the picture. There was no freedom of recoil for the piece, and there-fore it could not be fired with the service charge or full charge of powder. Reduced charges, howe\er,were sufficient, as the ranges to the opposing ba
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