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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 9 1 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 7 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1861., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the first conflict. (search)
ccupied the Confederate troops posted in the vicinity of Blackburn's Ford, while the Federal artillery, ably handled by Major Hunt, kept up a vigorous cannonade. It was half-past 10 in the morning. The staff of the Confederate army, however, was soe precaution in an army composed entirely of young soldiers. In the army of the Potomac it was organized by the brave Colonel Hunt, under the supervision of General Barry, and comprised three divisions, one of heavy artillery, another of light batteisionary and ridiculous, and there were a few to whom their inventions brought disaster, as, for example, Mr. James and Major Hunt, the former of whom was killed by the explosion of his gun and the latter asphyxiated by his submarine battery. MajoMajor E. B. Hunt, of the Engineers.—Ed. None of these inventions were subjected to the polygon proof. There was no time for that kind of experiments which alone enabled the expert fully to ascertain the real value of an arm before it is exposed to a