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

Quaker Battery by Conrad Wise Chapman

Painting by Conrad Wise Chapman.

“This is a fancy sketch by the artist, and simply designed to show the subterfuge that sometimes had to be resorted to when there was a lack of guns, or there was a delay in receiving them.  The fortifications would be prepared, and ‘Quakers’ mounted until the arrival of real guns.  The ‘Quaker’ were made of wood and painted black, and at a distance could not be told from the genuine article.” – Conrad Wise Chapman, 1898

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