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Battery No. 1, before Yorktown, Va., April, 1862
Wood & Gibson · April 1862
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.
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