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Civil War Battery
Battery B
Following is a letter of Lieutenant Laing, the only officer in the battery who escaped capture, and who saved a section:
Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn., April 10th, 1862,
I am sorry to inform you that Captain W. H. Boss and Lieutenants W. S. Bliss and A. F. R. Arndt, together with forty-nine men of the Second battery are prisoners of war in the hands of the enemy, with four guns of the battery.
I will give a hasty sketch of our action in the battle: On Sunday morning, about 6 o'clock, we heard heavy firing, but it seemed to be some distance from us. We were preparing to be reviewed with General Hurlbut's division. At 7 o'clock, when about to sit down to breakfast, the firing appeared to be close upon us.
Artillery
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