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| Another view of Battery Five.
Union troops would have come up the far side of the battery, driving
off the outnumbered Confederate defenders. |
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| A picture of Battery Five after the
Union troops took it over. |
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| A map showing the structure of
Battery Five and how it fit into the defense system. The red
lines on the map at left show what was built by the South, using
largely slave labor, and the blue section was built by Northern
troops. |
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| A cannon set up to enfilade along the
front of the Confederate line at this location. Notice the
reinforced breech. |
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