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Tango01 | 16 Apr 2014 10:38 p.m. PST |
"Earlier I posted about the reorganization, or if you prefer, consolidation, of the field artillery in the weeks before the start of the Overland Campaign. Another organizational action, no less critical to the ultimate objective of the campaign, for the artillery supporting the Army of the Potomac was the re-creation of the siege train. If the upcoming campaign were completely successful, and destroyed the Army of Northern Virginia outside of Richmond, then there would be little need for a siege train or any artillery. But the most likely scenario (and what did come to pass) involved a siege of Richmond in some form. Acting on prompts from his superiors, Brigadier-General Henry Hunt put forward his recommendations on April 16, 1864
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