. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . COPYRIGHT. THE SAFK KND OF THE MOVING BATTERY The FiMlcrals wore not the firstway trucks. In the defense ofDays and at the attack onSavages Station the Confeder-ates had mounted a field-pieceon a flat-car and it did severedamage to the Federal they possessed no suchformidable armored truck asthis. Propelled by man-power,no puffing locomotive betrayedits whereabouts; and as itrolled along the tracks, firing ashot from time to time, it musthave puzzled the Confederateoutposts. This was no clumsyexperimental toy, but a lamlg
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . COPYRIGHT. THE SAFK KND OF THE MOVING BATTERY The FiMlcrals wore not the firstway trucks. In the defense ofDays and at the attack onSavages Station the Confeder-ates had mounted a field-pieceon a flat-car and it did severedamage to the Federal they possessed no suchformidable armored truck asthis. Propelled by man-power,no puffing locomotive betrayedits whereabouts; and as itrolled along the tracks, firing ashot from time to time, it musthave puzzled the Confederateoutposts. This was no clumsyexperimental toy, but a lamlgimboat on wheels, armoredwith iron-plating, backed bymassive beams. .\t the Globe Tavern GeneralAVarren made his headquartersafter the successful advance of to use a gun mounted on rail-Richmond during the Seven. THE GLOBE TAVEIIN, WELDOX RAILROAD August 18th, and from here he directed the maneuvers bywhich the Federal lines to the westward of Petersburg were drami closer and closer to cutoff the last of Confederatecommunications. The countryhereabout was the theater ofconstant activities on both sidesduring the autumn, and skir-mishing between the hostileforces was kept up far intoNovember. The old tavern wasthe very center of warsalarms. Yet the junior officersof the staff were not whollydeprived of amenities, since the-Viken house near by domiciledno less than seven young ladies,a fact that guaranteed full pro-tection to the family during thesiege. A strong safeguard wasencamped within the gardenrailing to protect the house fromintrusion by stragglers.
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