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Union Battery No. 3. . . "About the 10th of June, the enemy planted four mortars in position near the battery opposite Bennett''s House. These mortars gave us great annoyance; they were fired day and night, to the very great disturbance of our tr…
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Union Battery No. 4. . ".. I am still with Rochester battery and think so far I like artillery service better than the infantry... Captain Harrower shows himself to be a brave and prudent commander." —Private George Coleman Company B 161s…
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Union Battery No. 5. . . "..to our right and left upon tree trunks, were nailed white crosses which had evidently served for practice, to get the exact range of the rebel guns, and they had it. For instance, a section of the First Maine Battery c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DVH_artillery-ridge_Jackson-LA.html
Artillery Ridge. . . "The attack was a huge bushwhack. The rebels availed themselves of the thickets, trees, fallen timber ridges, ravines and also of rifle pits and networks of earth and log construction at convenient points and being concealed …
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Fort Babcock. . . "A desperate charge carried a small force of men through this road to a very advance position which they successfully held, in one of these gullies. Luckily we got into a fine place and were able to hold our own, though I was in…
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U.S. Army 20-Pounder Parrott Rifle. Model 1861. . Robert Parker Parrott, a former U.S. army officer, invented a series of rifled, reinforced-breech, iron cannon. The cannon were manufactured at the West Point Foundry in Cold Springs, New York, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DI2_alabama-arkansas-redoubt_Zachary-LA.html
Alabama-Arkansas Redoubt. . . "Owing to the ruggedness of the ground and felled timbers, the enemy could not preserve their lines intact and soon became a conglomerate mass. We waited their approach in silence. When within forty yards we were com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DHA_steedman-headquarters_Jackson-LA.html
Steedman Headquarters. . . "Colonel Steedman having been put in command of the left wing, composed of the First Alabama, 15th Arkansas and 10th Arkansas, a detachment of Wingfield's battalion and 39th Mississippi regiment. Colonel Steedman, durin…
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Major Bennett's Lunette. . . "Another (solid shot) struck a tree about thirty feet from the ground, cutting it completely off at a point eight inches in diameter the top as it fell killing one horse and crushing a caisson of the First Maine Batte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DH5_bennetts-house-and-battery_Zachary-LA.html
Bennett's House and Battery. . . "Two pieces of siege artillery were removed during Tuesday (May 26 1863) night from the heavy batteries on the river and mounted on this line—-one rifled 24 pounder, under command of Lieutenant Sanford, Comp…