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On July 21, 1861, at 2:00 p.m., the Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion of the Army of the Potomac under Beauregard, C.S.A., commanded by Maj. John B. Walton, fielded three 6-pounder smoothbores and two 6-pounder rifled guns. Walton recalled that the battery advanced by hand to the front until it reached the crown of a hill, fully exposed to enemy artillery and infantry fire, which fell like hail around them, yet the cannoneers served the guns rapidly, skillfully, and with composed silence as if on ordinary drill.
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