Battery No. 1, before Yorktown, Va., April, 1862

Title:: Battery No. 1, before Yorktown, Va., April, 1862
Description:: From "War Memories" catalog: This battery was (at the date above given) the heaviest battery of artillery ever mounted in the world; it consisted of five 100-pounder and two 200-pounder Parrot rifled cannon; this battery was the wonder of the whole army, and was visited by thousands of persons to see the guns fired. The shots from these guns were effective in hurrying the evacuation of Yorktown by the Rebels. The battery was manned by Company "B" First Connecticut Heavy Artillery.
Photographer:: Wood & Gibson
Date:: April 1862
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Albumen prints
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: American Civil War 20th Massachusetts Regiment
Series:: War Memories: The War for the Union, 1861-1865
Subjects:: Artillery (Weaponry)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army. Connecticut Artillery Regiment, 1st (1862-1865)
Places:: Virginia > York (county) > Yorktown Battlefield (historic site)
Extent:: 1 photograph : albumen print ; sheet 18 x 23 cm
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Notes:: Title from "War Memories" catalog.
"War Memories" catalog number: 7935
Notes (date):: Date from "War Memories" catalog.
Notes (citation):: "War memories, the war for the Union 1861-1865 : catalogue of original photographic war views : photographic history of the war for the Union." Taylor & Huntington, 1890, Hartford, Conn.
Identifier:: 23_05_000130