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  • E. E. Hendrick to Porter Battery Company
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    Hendrick requests information about their battery. He intends to purchase an electric automobile, possibly a Columbia Surrey. Hendrick requires a battery of sufficient capacity to run a surrey 150 miles with one charge on good country roads such...
  • E.E. Hendrick Letterbook, 1899 to 1903
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  • Brinkle's Battery
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    Handwritten on back: "Brinkle's Battery, E 5th U.S. art., at the Homestead on the Highlands."
  • P.S. du Pont's Longwood, 1840-1954
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  • Campaign of Light Battery "B," 5th U. S. Artillery, Commanded by Captain and Brevet Colonel H. A. du Pont
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    Artillery (Troops); Artillery (Weaponry); Campaigns & battles; Soldiers; Military officers
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    Narrative of the military campaigns that Light Battery B, 5th U. S. Artillery participated in during 1864, including the campaigns in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. This work also lists the men who served in the battery. This copy is an expanded...
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  • U.S. Ordnance Department Survey on Artillery, 1863-09-30
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    Arms & armament; Artillery (Weaponry); Cannons
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    Ordnance department survey on artillery sent to various battery commanders in the field. Its intention was to evaluate the effectiveness of cannons, projectiles, and horse related equipment in field service. This survey was filled out by First...
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  • U.S. Ordnance Department Survey on Artillery, 1863-12-10
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    Arms & armament; Artillery (Weaponry); Cannons
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    Ordnance department survey on artillery sent to various battery commanders in the field. Its intention was to evaluate the effectiveness of cannons, projectiles, and horse related equipment in field service. This survey was filled out by First...
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  • U.S. Ordnance Department Survey on Artillery, 1864-03-15
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    Arms & armament; Artillery (Weaponry); Cannons
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    Ordnance department survey on artillery sent to various battery commanders in the field. Its intention was to evaluate the effectiveness of cannons, projectiles, and horse related equipment in field service. This survey was filled out by First...
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  • U.S. Ordnance Department Survey on Artillery, 1864-06-15
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    Arms & armament; Artillery (Weaponry); Cannons
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    Ordnance department survey on artillery sent to various battery commanders in the field. Its intention was to evaluate the effectiveness of cannons, projectiles, and horse related equipment in field service. This survey was filled out by First...
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  • Richard D. Wende (1847-1895)
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    Carte de visite from an album possibly assembled by Henry Algernon du Pont. Handwritten caption: Bugler Richard Wende 5 Atry. my orderly." Handwritten on back: "R. D. Wende, Bugler Battery 'B' 5th U.S. Arty. and his horse 'Major.'" Wende...
  • P.S. du Pont's Longwood, 1840-1954
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  • Correspondence, Francis H. Reichard to Lammot du Pont, 1863-08-03
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    Artillery (Troops); Forts & fortifications; Military officers
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    Reichard, a Captain in Battery M, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery, asks Lammot du Pont's help in getting his unit transferred out of Fort Delaware, which he calls a "horrid Post!" Reichard also mentions a visit with Henry du Pont.
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  • Correspondence, Lammot du Pont to Francis H. Reichard, 1863-08
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    Artillery (Troops); Forts & fortifications; Military officers
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    Copy of du Pont's reply to a letter from Reichard, asking for du Pont's help in having his unit (Battery M, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery) transferred out of Fort Delaware. Du Pont offers his help and advises Reichard of ways he can apply for a...
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  • Recruiting Poster for Battery B, 5th U. S. Artillery, 1863-08-08
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    Recruiting & enlistment; Military organizations; Artillery (Troops)
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    Recruiting poster for Battery B, 5th U.S. Artillery, commanded by Lieutenant Henry Algernon du Pont. The poster was made while Battery B was encamped near Hagerstown, Maryland.
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  • Battery Rosecrans, 3rd Regiment, Artillery Captain Joe J. Comstock, three 100 pounders, 1 dismounted, 2nd parallel
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    Civil wars; Military facilities; Cannons; Artillery (Troops); Artillery (Weaponry); Forts & fortifications
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    Second Battle of Fort Wagner Morris Island, South Carolina Location also known as Battery Wagner.
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  • Battery F, 3rd NY Artillery Sergeant P. Birchmeyer, 2nd parallel
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    Civil wars; Military facilities; Cannons; Artillery (Troops); Artillery (Weaponry); Forts & fortifications
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    Second Battle of Fort Wagner Morris Island, South Carolina Location also known as Battery Wagner. The cannons shown in this image are Wiard guns.
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  • Battery Meade, two 100 pound Parrotts, Sergeant George Woreen, 2nd parallel
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    Civil wars; Military facilities; Cannons; Artillery (Troops); Artillery (Weaponry); Forts & fortifications
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    Second Battle of Fort Wagner Morris Island, South Carolina Location also known as Battery Wagner.
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  • Part of the Naval Battery, two 80 pound Whitworth rifles, 2nd parallel
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    Civil wars; Military facilities; Cannons; Artillery (Troops); Artillery (Weaponry); Sailors; Forts & fortifications
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    Second Battle of Fort Wagner Morris Island, South Carolina Location also known as Battery Wagner.
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  • Part of Naval Battery, 2nd parallel
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    Civil wars; Military facilities; Cannons; Artillery (Troops); Artillery (Weaponry); Sailors; Forts & fortifications
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    Second Battle of Fort Wagner Morris Island, South Carolina Location also known as Battery Wagner.
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  • Battery B, four 12 pound Howitzers, Lieutenant Guy V. Henry, 2nd parallel
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    Civil wars; Military facilities; Cannons; Artillery (Troops); Artillery (Weaponry); Forts & fortifications
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    Second Battle of Fort Wagner Morris Island, South Carolina Location also known as Battery Wagner.
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  • Battery B, 3rd NY Artillery, "Napoleon guns", Captain Ashcroft, 2nd parallel
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    Civil wars; Military facilities; Cannons; Artillery (Troops); Artillery (Weaponry); Forts & fortifications
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    Second Battle of Fort Wagner Morris Island, South Carolina Location also known as Battery Wagner.
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  • Mortar Battery, 5 guns, 2nd parallel
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    Civil wars; Military facilities; Cannons; Artillery (Troops); Artillery (Weaponry); Forts & fortifications
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    Second Battle of Fort Wagner Morris Island, South Carolina Location also known as Battery Wagner.
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  • View of Sparrow's Point plant
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    Coal/Coke-Coke Ovens
  • Hagley Digital Images

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