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Title: The long arm of Lee; or, The history of the artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia; with a brief account of the Confederate bureau of ordnance
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Wise, Jennings C. (Jennings Cropper), b. 1881
Subjects: Confederate States of America. Army. Artillery Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. of Northern Virginia Confederate States of America. Ordnance Bureau United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories
Publisher: Lynchburg, J.P. Bell and Company, Inc.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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rought up 7 guns, four 6-pounders, and three ofthe converted rifles, which fired 310 rounds of the newBurton and Archer projectiles, all these pieces beingfrom the Washington Artillery.* One of tlie brass 6-pomiders soon became useless on account of an enlargedvent, and the new ammunition used by the rifles wasentirely ineffective, although most favorable reportswere made about it at the time by the inexperiencedofficers who conducted the fire.f During the first partof the duel both sides fired wildly, almost at random,neither being able to see much of the other on accountof the screens of trees which the opposing guns hadsought. But, after a pause, the Federal gims reopened *In Camp and Battle with the Washington ArtiUcrpj Owen, pp. 27-28.Military Memoirs of a Confederate, Alexander, p. 24. tThe first competent test of these projectiles a few weeks later showed themto be worthless, and their manufacture was discontinued. They would not flypoint foremost, but tumbled and had no range.
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I.KKiADIKR-GENERAL EDWARD POKTKR ALEXANDERChief of Artillery^ First Coitrs The Long Arm of Lee 129 with better effect, having taken advantage of the lull tobetter determine the position and range of Longstreetsguns, and soon practically silenced them. Capt. Eshle-man, commanding one of the batteries, was woundedalong with 4 enlisted men, another being killed, where-upon Capt. Squires, calling for reenforcements, wasordered by Longstreet, who had no more artillery, towithdraw the guns gradually, one at a time, coveringthe movement by the fire of the pieces remaining inposition. The Confederate Artillery was undoubtedly over-matched in this affair, yet, at the very moment of itswithdrawal, the Federal batteries, which had suffereda loss of but 2 killed and 2 wounded, ceased firing, al-lowing Capt. Squires the honor of the last shot. It wasthis fact, perhaps, which gave credence to the reportthat Longstreets guns had prevailed and upon such abelief Beauregard wrote in his official accoun

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