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664 Series I Volume XL-I Serial 80 - Richmond, Petersburg Part I

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Siege guns and mortars.

Smooth-bore. Rifled. Total.

8- 24- 8- 10- 10- 13 30- 4 100 Tota

inc pou inc inc inc - pou 1/2 - l.

h nde h h h in nde - pou

how r mor sie sea ch r inc nde

itz Coe tar ge - se Par h r

ers hor s. mor coa a- rot gun Par

Station. . n. tar st co ts. s. rot

s. mor as ts.

tar t

s. mo

rt

ar

s.

Battery near - 2 - - - - - - - 2

Fort

McGilvery.

Battery 9 - 3 - - - - - - - 3

Battery 10 - - 4 - - - - - - 4

Battery 12 - 11 2 - - - - - - 13

Fort Morton - - - 4 - - - 2 - 6

Battery 17 - - - - - - - 4 - 4

Battery 20 - - 4 - - - - - - 4

At depot 10 6 3 6 3 1 15 - 6 51

Total. 12 26 20 10 6 1 29 17 10 153

During the three months under consideration the firing in front of Petersburg and near the James River has been heavy, as is shown by the following table. The average weight of iron thrown daily was, during August, 5.2 tons; during September, 7.8 tons, and during October, 4.5 tons.

12- 12- 24- 32- 20- 6- 8- 24-

poun poun poun poun poun poun inch pound

der der der der der der sieg er

Station. guns howi howi howi Parr Sawy e Coeho

(lig tzer tzer tzer ott er howi rn

ht) s. s. s. guns guns tzer morta

s rs.

Battery near - - - - - - - -

fort Brady

Fort Brady - - - - - - - -

Dutch Gap 277 - - - - 193 - 614

Battery - - - - - - - -

Sawyer

Battery - - - - - - - -

Spofford

Batteries - - - - - - - -

Wilcox and

Parsons

Battery - - - - 55 - 20 -

Drake

Battery - 20 - - - - - -

Carpenter

Battery - - - - 47 - - -

Anderson

Battery - - - - 70 - - -

Pruyn

Redoubt - - 15 39 - - - 32

Dutton

Battery - 40 - - - - - -

Burpee

Fort - - - - 40 - - -

Converse

Battery near - - - - - - - -

Numbers 4

Battery - - - - - - - -


Numbers 4.

Battery - - - - - - - -


Numbers 5.

Battery near - - - - - - - 1,473

Fort

McGilvery

and Battery

Numbers 9

Battery - - - - - - - -

Numbers 10

Battery - - - - - - - 6,709


No. 12.

Fort Morton - - - - - - - -

Battery - - - - - - - -

Numbers 17

Battery - - - - - - -

Numbers 20

Fort - - - - - - - -

Sedgwick

Total 277 60 15 39 212 193 20 8,828


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