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Artillery at Monocacy:
Rarely during the war did Confederate artillery outnumber Union guns on a battlefield, but they did at Monocacy. By 9am, the Confederates had 37 guns in action; the Federals had just seven. Artillery did little to alter the course of the battle, but it did considerable damage to houses and farm structures.
"I was acting as gunner... We were hotly engaged only for about 30 minutes, the Yanks in our front giving away very soon... A cannon ball came very near taking my head off today... If I had been standing up it would have struck me full in the face."
-- Private Henry Robinson Berkley |