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955 Series I Volume XLII-II Serial 88 - Richmond-Fort Fisher Part II

Page 955 Chapter LIV. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.

List of Field-Works, their Armaments and Garrisons-Continued.

Field-works Name Armament. Garrison Locality.

(men)

Battery 5 - Pierced for four - On

guns *Three 30-pounder Parrotts; Appomattox,

four 8-inch between two

mortars. creeks.

Redoubt A Fort Pierced for six 300 Near

McGilvery guns. *Six field Page's.

guns.

Battery 6 - Pierced for five - Near

guns. *Two 30-pounder Parrotts. Hare's.

Battery 7 - Mortar battery. -

*Two Coehorns.

Battery 8 - Pierced for three - Near

guns railroad.

Lunette - Pierced for five - Near

Battery 9 guns. *Two field railroad.

guns; three

Coehorns.

Battery 10 - Pierced for five - Hare's

guns. *Two 8-inch house.

mortars.

Redoubt B Fort Pierced for six 300 Near Hare's

Stedman guns. *Six field house.

guns

Battery 11 - Pierced for four -

guns

Battery 12 - Mortar battery. -

*Two 8-inch

mortars; three

Coehorns.

Redoubt C Fort Pierced for seven 250

Haskell guns. *Six field

guns.

Battery 13 - Pierced for six -

guns

Battery 14 - Pieirced for ten -

guns.*Six field

guns

Redoubt D Fort Pierced for ten 800 Taylor's

Morton guns. *Two 4 1/2-inch Rodman; four house (old

10-inch mortars; fourteen-gun

six Coehorns near battery).

redoubt.

Battery 15 - Mortar battery -

Battery 16 - Pierced for eight -

guns

Battery 17 - Pierced for four - Near

guns. *Four 4 1/2-inch Rodman. Avery's

house.

Battery 18 - Pierced for one - On Norfolk

gun. *One field gun railroad.

Redoubt E Fort Pierced for six 100 Near

Meikel guns. Norfolk

railroad.

Battery 19 - Pierced for two -

guns. *Two field

guns.

Redoubt F. Fort Pierced for eight 180 Old 10-inch

Rice guns. *Six field mortar

guns. battery.

Battery 20 - Pierced for four -

guns

Battery 21 - Pierced for four -

guns. *Four field

guns.

Fort G Fort Pierced for twenty-five guns. *Four 4 800 Advanced

Sedgwick 1/2-inch Rodman; work on

two siege plank road.

howitzers; eight

field guns.

Battery 22 - Pierced for eight - One plank

guns road.

Redoubt H Fort Pierced for nine 550 On plank

Davis guns. *Eight field road.

guns.

Battery 23 - Pierced for four - Near

guns Chieves'

house.

Redoubt I Fort Pierced for ten - Near Jones'

Prescott guns. house.

Redoubt K Fort Pierced for nine 300 Near

Alexander guns. *Four field Strong's

Hays. guns. house.

Battery 24 - Pierced for six -

guns

Battery 25 - Pierced for six -

guns

Redoubt L Fort Pierced for seven 150 Chimneys.

Howard guns. *Four field

guns.

Battery 26 - Pierced for six -

guns. *Four field

guns.

Battery 27 - Pierced for four -

guns

Bastion Fort Pierced for ten 300 At Blick's

Fort M Wadsworth. guns. *Eight field house, on

guns. the Weldon

railroad

Battery 28 - Pierced for four -

guns. *Two field

guns.

Battery 29 - Pierced for four - Globe

guns. *Two field Tavern.

guns.

Battery 30 - Pierced for four -

guns. *Two field

guns.

Bastion Fort Pierced for twelve 600 At White's

Fort N Dushane guns. *Six field house, on

guns. the Weldon

railroad.

Battery 31 - Pierced for four -

guns. *Two field

guns.

Battery 32 - Pierced for four -

guns. *Two field

guns.


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