Civil War Artillery

HARPER'S WEEKLY.

[JUNE 1, 1861.

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SAND-BAG BATTERY, COMMANDING THE ROAD TO HARPER'S FERRY, NEAR THE RELAY HOUSE—BUILT BY LIEUTENANT W. H. McCARTNEY, BOSTON LIGHT ARTILLERY.  [SKETCHED BY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST.]

RELAY-HOUSE BATTERIES.

WE publish herewith, from sketches by our special artist, pictures of the

BATTERIES ERECTED ON THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD BY THE UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS. The occupation of

the Relay House, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was the condition precedent to the occupation of Baltimore.

These fortifications were erected, and are manned by the Massachusetts volunteer artillery - a gallant and useful body of men.

THE BOUQUET BATTERY, COMMANDING THE BRIDGE AT THE RELAY HOUSE, LIEUTENANT JOSIAH PORTER, BOSTON LIGHT ARTILLERY, COMMANDING. [SKETCHED BY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST.]