Military
About the 10th of June, Confederate forces reported that four mortars were placed near the battery opposite Bennett's House and fired day and night, greatly disturbing the troops though causing few deaths. The remnant of Union Battery No. 3 marks a position commanded by 1st Lieutenant George W. Taylor of the 4th Massachusetts Artillery, where one 10-inch and three 8-inch mortars were emplaced. Together with U.S. Navy mortar schooners shelling the opposite end of the Confederate entrenchments, this bombardment struck the Confederates from front and rear.
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