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Armament.-Seven 20-pounder Parrott guns.
Garrison.-Two batteries First Battalion New York Artillery, Captain Voegelee.
BATTERY Numbers 4.
In ravine under plateau of Moore's house.
Distance and compass-bearings.-To Gloucester Point, N. 28 W., 4,100 yards; to Yorktown wharf, N. 43 W., 3,500 yards; to Yorktown, N. 49 W., 2,400 yards.
Armament.-Ten. 13-inch sea-coast mortars.
Garrison.-Two batteries First Connecticut Artillery (Captains Dow and Harmon), Major Alex. Doull, Second New York Artillery, commanding.
BATTERY Numbers 5.
Beyond Warwick Court-House stage road, in front of the Red Redoubt. Distance.-To Yorktown, 2,800 yards; to high bastion, 2,000 yards; to Red Redoubt, 1,600 yards.
Armament.-Eight 20-pounder Parrotts.
Garrison.-Battery E, Second U. S. Artillery, Captain Carlisle, and one-half Battery C, First Battalion New York Artillery.
BATTERY Numbers 6.
Junction of Warwick and Hampton Roads.
Distance and compass-bearings.-To Gloucester Point, N. 3 E., 5,100 yards; to Yorktown wharf, N. 5 W., 3,900 yards; to Yorktown, N., 2,775 yards; to Wynn's Mill, S. 45 W., 2,500 yards; to Red Redoubt, N. 32 W., 2,000 yards.
Armament.-Sixteen 10-inch sea-coast mortars.
Garrison.-One company (Captain Burbank's) First Connecticut Artillery.
BATTERY Numbers 7.
In front of Wynn's Mill.
Distance.-To Wynn's Mill works, 1,100 yards.
Armament.-Six field 12-pounders.
BATTERY Numbers 8.
In front of works south of Wynn's Mill.
Distance.-1,125 yards.
Armament.-Two batteries (twelve guns) of field 12-pounders.
BATTERY Numbers 9.
To left of old mill-dam.
Distance and compass-bearings. To fort, N. 20 W., 1,900 yards; to exterior works, N. 70 W., 2,000 yards.
Armament.-Ten 10-inch siege mortars.
Garrison.-Two batteries (Captains Cook and Rockwood) First Connecticut Artillery, Major Trumbull commanding.
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