. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT 1»tl REVIEW Of REVIEWS CO. REMOVING POWDER FROM CONFEDERATE TORPEDOES 1864 In this photograph is one of the stations established for extracting powder from the torpedoes dredged up bythe Federal gunboats in the James. When the activities of the Army of the Potomac centered about the Jamesand the Appomattox in 1804 and 1865, il became the paramounl duty of the cooperating navy to render thetorpedo-infested streams safe for the passage of transports and supply
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT 1»tl REVIEW Of REVIEWS CO. REMOVING POWDER FROM CONFEDERATE TORPEDOES 1864 In this photograph is one of the stations established for extracting powder from the torpedoes dredged up bythe Federal gunboats in the James. When the activities of the Army of the Potomac centered about the Jamesand the Appomattox in 1804 and 1865, il became the paramounl duty of the cooperating navy to render thetorpedo-infested streams safe for the passage of transports and supply vessels. The powder in these channelshelped to guard Richmond from the Union gunboats. In the foreground sil two old salts discussing ways andmeans of rendering one of the deadly infernal machines harmless, while all about in this quiet nook lie remainsof the dreaded submarine menaces that were constantly being placed in the channel by the Confederates.
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