. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . GUNS THE CONFEDERATES ABANDONED AT MANASSAS These are some of the earliest Confederate fortifications. Tlie works were tlirown up on the field of Manassas immedi-ately after their victory. The position was well chosen and the entrenchments very well constructed. As seen in theupper photograph, the time was before the soldiers had learned to dig dirt; the works are rather thrown up than dugdown. A happy combination of the two was later adopted by both the Confederate and Union armies. To increasethe appearance of strength in 1861, a
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . GUNS THE CONFEDERATES ABANDONED AT MANASSAS These are some of the earliest Confederate fortifications. Tlie works were tlirown up on the field of Manassas immedi-ately after their victory. The position was well chosen and the entrenchments very well constructed. As seen in theupper photograph, the time was before the soldiers had learned to dig dirt; the works are rather thrown up than dugdown. A happy combination of the two was later adopted by both the Confederate and Union armies. To increasethe appearance of strength in 1861, a number of embrasures were filled with quaker guns, so called by the Federalson account of the unwarlike nature of the followers of that faith. These were simply logs shaped to resemble cannonand placed in position to deceive the foe. The end projecting from the fortifications was painted black to make thedeception more complete. This was a particularly amusing subterfuge on the part of the Confederates, so destitute ofcannon. They had captured a few pieces
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