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431 Series I Volume XV- Serial 21 - Baton Rouge-Natchez

Page 431 Chapter XXVII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.- UNION.

3 - IX.

1; 24-pounder; G; 1 inch; G; cracks as above; no shell-holes.

3 - X.

1; 24-pounder; G; 0 inches; G; no cracks; no shell-holes.

3 - XI.

0-0-0; 2 inch; G; no cracks; no shell-holes.

3 - XII.

1;24-pounder howitzer; G; 3 inches; G; two cracks through embrasure and ventilator; three shell-holes, all through arch, with about 4 feet diameter on intrados and 16 inches diameter on extrados; one 4 feet by 4 feet through rear wall of casemate.

5 - I.

0-0-0; 2 inch; G; no cracks; no shell-holes.

5 - II.

1; 24-pounder howitzer; G; 2 inches; G; one cracks all along crown, one at left springing line and one midway between these two, all about one-half inch wide; one shell-hole 5 feet by 3 feet by 12 inches, about.

5 - III.

0-0-0; 0 inches; G; one cracks parallel to scarp across main arch and through crowns of communication arches, and about one-fourth inch wide; no shell holes.

5 - IV.

1;24-pounder; G; 0 inches; G; one crack as above, but varying from one-fourth inch to 3 1/4 inches wide; also a second crack 6 feet in rear of first, one-fourth inch wide; no shell-hole.

5 - V.

1; 24-pounder; G; 0 inches; G; cracks as above, and all one-fourth inch wide; no shell-holes.

5 - VI.

1; 24-pounder; G; 1 inch; G; cracks as above; no shell-holes.

5 - VII.

1; 24-pounder; G; 1 inch; G; cracks as above; no shell-holes.

5 - VII.

1; 24-pounder; G; 1 inch; G; first crack as above; second crack closed; bricks started by shells in two places, viz, on crown 4 feet by 2 feet, and on groin 4 feet by 1 foot by 4 inches deep.


Page 431 Chapter XXVII. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.- UNION.