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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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COLONEL MICHAEL CORCORAN t 76 1
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COPYRIGHT, 191: REVIEWS OF REVIEWS CO. AND HIS OFFICERS OF THE 6!)TH NEW YORK, IN FORT CORCORAN, 1861 The First ConnecticutHeavy Artillery \\a> or-ganized from the FourthConnecticut Infantry inJanuary, 1862, and re-mained on duty in FortRichardson till April.The regiment acquireda lugh reputation byserving continuouslythroughout the fourj ears of warfare activelyin the 6eld as heavy ar-tillery. Very few of theother heavy regiment sin the army saw any serv-ice aside from garrisonduty, except while act-ing as infantry. TheFirst Connecticut HeavyArtillery served in thetwo big sieges of theArmy of the Potomac,Yorktown, April andMay, 1862, and Peters-burg, June, 186-1 toApril.1865. Fort Richardsonlay on the Virginialine of the Washingtondefenses about halfwaybetween Fort Corcoranand Fort Ellsworth, infront of Alexandria. Rssmooth-bore armamentconsisted of three 24-pounders on siege car-riages en barbette, two24-pounders on barbettecarriages en embrasure,one 24-pounder fieldhowitzer en e

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