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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), chapter 11 (search)
e the men who did the thinking for the great mortar that rests so stolidly in the midst of the group. They are its cabinet ministers, artillerymen every one, versed in the art of range-finding and danger-angles, of projectory arcs and the timing of shell-fuses. In the front line the two figures from left to right are Colonel H. L. Abbott, First Connecticut heavy artillery, and General H. J. Hunt, Chief of artillery. In the second, or rear line, also from left to right, the First is Captain F. A. Pratt; second (just behind Colonel Abbott), Captain E. C. Dow; fourth (just behind and to General Hunt's left), Major T. S. Trumbull. The dictators of the dictator A permanent position Railroad mortar. these nine men are the executive committee that controlled the actions of the great mortar, and a glance at them shows that they were picked men for the job — men in the prime of life, brawny and strong — they were the slaves of their pet monster. Some shots from this gun w
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The investment of Petersburg (search)
e the men who did the thinking for the great mortar that rests so stolidly in the midst of the group. They are its cabinet ministers, artillerymen every one, versed in the art of range-finding and danger-angles, of projectory arcs and the timing of shell-fuses. In the front line the two figures from left to right are Colonel H. L. Abbott, First Connecticut heavy artillery, and General H. J. Hunt, Chief of artillery. In the second, or rear line, also from left to right, the First is Captain F. A. Pratt; second (just behind Colonel Abbott), Captain E. C. Dow; fourth (just behind and to General Hunt's left), Major T. S. Trumbull. The dictators of the dictator A permanent position Railroad mortar. these nine men are the executive committee that controlled the actions of the great mortar, and a glance at them shows that they were picked men for the job — men in the prime of life, brawny and strong — they were the slaves of their pet monster. Some shots from this gun w