Military
In this 1865 scene, the terrain shown was the ground over which a successful Union assault was made, with tree stumps marking where trees had been removed to open a field of fire for Confederate gunners. As Union soldiers moved about halfway across the field, one of the big guns fired, sending black balls through white, woolly smoke. The first rounds seemed slow enough that men yelled warnings and dodged to the left and right, but later shots came too fast to avoid and their effect was terrible, as remembered by Merlin C. Harris of the 96th New York Infantry.
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