Image ID: AYYH

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1865.04

Negative Size:

4.5 in. x 10 in. stereo

Equipment:

cannon; casement carriage (iron); gabion; handspike wrench; Parrott Rifle gun; Parrott shell; rammer staff; sandbag; siege carriage; sponge staff

Locations & Lines:

Fort Brady VA; Virginia

Military Units:

1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery; 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery (Company C); US Army

Sources:

USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

The MOLLUS Collection says: Fort Brady near the James River. Garrisoned by Battery “C,” First Connecticut Heavy Artillery. A signal officer is on the parapet sending a message to Headquarters The cannoneers are at the guns ready for action.

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