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...
Artillery (Troops); Artillery (Weaponry); Campaigns & battles; Soldiers; Military officers
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...
Recruiting & enlistment; Military organizations; Artillery (Troops)
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.
Caption: "Discovery of a rebel batter and camp on Vernon River, Geo. Dec. 11th 1861, by the U.S. gun boats 'Ottowa,' 'Seneca,' 'Pembina,' and 'Mary Andrew' under command of Capt. Rogers of the 'Wabash.' Presented to Commodore Dupont with the...