. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . estruction they had wrought and the successful blockade of Charleston Harbor. The views en-graved by the lens on these pages lay the actual scenes of destruction before the eyes of the Swamp Angel was one of the demons of war. Piles were driven, a platform was laid uponthem, and a parapet was built with bags of sand, fifteen thousand being required. All this had tobe done after dark, and occupied fourteen nights, Then, with great labor, the eight-inch rifledgun was dragged across the swamp an
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . estruction they had wrought and the successful blockade of Charleston Harbor. The views en-graved by the lens on these pages lay the actual scenes of destruction before the eyes of the Swamp Angel was one of the demons of war. Piles were driven, a platform was laid uponthem, and a parapet was built with bags of sand, fifteen thousand being required. All this had tobe done after dark, and occupied fourteen nights, Then, with great labor, the eight-inch rifledgun was dragged across the swamp and mounted on this platform. It was nearly five miles fromCharleston, but by firing with a high elevation was able to reach the lower part of the city. Thesoldiers named this gun the Swamp Angel. Late in August it was ready for work, and, aftergiving notice for the removal of non-combatants, General Gillmore opened fire, and produced greatconsternation, but at the thirty-sixth discharge the Swamp Angel burst, and was never replaced. fHE 8-INCH PARROTT RIFLE GUN, SWAMP ANGEL AFTER BURSTING.
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