File:The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14576375107).jpg
DescriptionThe photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14576375107).jpg
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' Text Appearing After Image: HI&MT, 1911, HtVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. THE WORK OF THE BESIEGERS Battery Sherman, on tlie Jackson Road, before Vicksburg. Settling down to a siege did not mean idlenessfor Grants army. Fortifications had to be opposed to the formidable one of the Confederates and a con-stant bombardment kept up to silence their gnns, one by one. It was to he a (haw ii-ont duel in whicliPemberton, hoping for the long-delayed relief from Johnston, held ont bravely against starvation and evenmutiny. For twelve miles the Federal lines stretched around Vicksburg, investing it to the river bank,north and south. More than eighty-nine battery positions were constructed by the Federals. BatterySherman was exceptionally well built—not merely revetted with rails or cotton-bales and floored withrough timber, as lack of proper material often made necessary. Gradually the lines were drawn closer amicloser as the Federals moved up their guns to silence the works that they had failed to take in May. Atthe time of t
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