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Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 161. Mock Battery erected by the Seventy-ninth New York. [Gardner Co. stereo card]

Photographic War History. The War For The Union. 1861-1865. No. 161. A Battery of “Quaker Guns.” Sometimes in order to give the enemy an idea that we had more cannon than we really possessed, our troops would make imitation cannon out of big logs, and mount them on such wheels as they could get hold of. At a distance these resembles a battery of artillery, and so served their purpose in deceiving the enemy. This mock battery was made by the 79th New York, at Seabrook Point, Port Royal Island, S., C., December, 1861. [Taylor & Huntington stereo card]

Gardner No. 161.

Written on copy negative: 161.