Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

A 12-pounder howitzer gun captured by Butterfield’s Brigade near Hanover Court House

May 30, 2012

Library of Congress

A 12-pounder howitzer gun captured by Butterfield's Brigade near Hanover Court House

Summary: Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Photograph of a gun captured by 12th Maine and 17th New York Infantry

Part of Civil War glass negative collection.  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Record page for this image: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003000062/PP/

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