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Title: History of Durell's Battery in the Civil War (Independent Battery D, Pennsylvania Volunteer Artillery.) A narrative of the campaigns and battles of Berks and Bucks counties' artillerists in the War of the Rebellion ..
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Cuffel, Charles A
Subjects: United States. Army. Pennsylvania Independent Artillery Battery D (1861-1865) United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories
Publisher: (Philadelphia, Craig, Finley & Co., Printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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and 20-pounder rifledfield guns, and twenty 32 and 42-pounder heavy guns. This fortwas built to drive the Confederates from Munsons Hill, but theyevacuated before the guns were mounted. A short distance fromthe camp, toward Washington, was Fort Blenker, also wellmounted. In the direction of Alexandria were Forts Ellsworthand Ward. At the lower end of the drill ground were encampedthe 95th Pennsylvania, Col. Goslines Philadelphia Zouaves. The men of the battery were presented with a lot of oil-clothponchos, which were to be worn by the drivers on a rainy daywhen marching, and at night made into tents. Three of themformed a tent large enough for three men to slee)^ in very comfort-ably, provided it did not rain too hard ; when it did, they leakedmore or less. The cannoneers made tents of the tarpaulins. Itrained during the remainder of the week, and the weather wascold and chilly. The camp ground was muddy and slippery, themost unpleasant so far experienced. Finally the weather cleared
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LIEUTENANT GEORGE W. SILVIS 34 Durells Battery. CHAPTER IV. Capture of Fredericksburg. ON April 4th the battery moved with McDowells Corpstowards Fredericksburg, marching up the turnpike toBaileys Cross Roads, in sight of the winter quarters.Here a halt of nearly an hour was made. The old camp lookeddesolate. But one tent was standing and most of the brush stableshad been torn down. When the battery moved from the camp,orders were issued to leave the tents. The infantry came alongafterward and took them. While the column was at a halt, a num-ber of carriages containing ladies came from Washington to see areview of troops, which had been ordered to take place that after-noon as a bhnd to veil the purpose of the movement of the corps.The column moved out the Fairfax road, along the route of itsformer march, and encamped for the night about a mile beyondAvondale. About this time the battery was assigned to a brigadecomposed of the Second, Sixth and Seventh Wisconsin and theNineteenth Ind

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