The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes, Volume 5

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IT was not a mere sneer that described Napoleon as "only an artillery officer." His method of massing great guns was almost unknown in America when the Civil War opened; the Confederates, to their cost, let two years go by before organizing so as to allow of quick artillery concentration: yet what else could have won Gettysburg for the Federals? Proper defense against cannon was even less understood until the Civil War.