Confederate Artillery at Manassas

First Manassas

Confederate Artillery at Manassas

Looking down the line of a portion of Stonewall Jackson’s artillery line on Henry House Hill.

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Private Clement D. Fishburne of the Rockbridge Artillery: “Our battery did great execution during this battle. The guns were short-range guns, and Rickett’s Battery, of the United States army, which we were firing at, was nearly at point-blank range from us.  Our gunners soon showed their skill, and nearly every one of our shots took effect on the guns and horses of the enemy, or on such masses of infantry as could be seen.  The enemy’s guns were rifled guns, known as ten-pounder parrot guns, which threw elongated shells.  These passed over our heads, for the most part, giving our nervous system great discomfort at first, and occasionally they fell among our infantry in rear of us.” -- Fishburne’s article “Historical Sketch of the Rockbridge Artillery, C.S. Army,” Southern Historical Society Papers, volume 23, page 114

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