Text Appearing Before Image: AFTER THE ATTEMPT ON SUMTER—THIRD NEW YORK LIGHT ARTILLERY Text Appearing After Image: NAlOLEON GUN IN BATTERY NO. 2, FORT WHIPPLE The lush, wa\ing grass beautifies this Union fort, one of the finest examples of fortification near Washington. The piecesof ordnance are in splendid condition. The men at the gims are soldierly but easy in their attitudes. They are evidentlywell-drilled crews. The forked pennant of the artillery flies defiantly above the parapet. But there are no longer any Con-federates to defy. The nation is again under one flag, as former Confederate leaders proved by leading Union troops to victory in 1898.Fort A^Tiipple was a mile and a half southwest of the Virginia end of the Aqueduct bridge. It was a semi-permanent field work,completely closed, having emplacements for forty-one heavy guns. The gun in the foreground is a 12-pounder smooth-bore, a Napo- ■^ ■9
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