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Picture of the day

Union Army artillery battery with 13-inch seacoast mortars, Model 1861, during the Battle of Yorktown, Virginia, in 1862, during the American Civil War. Fought between April 5 – May 4, the battle ended inconclusively when the Confederate Army slipped away during the night of May 3.Photo credit: James F. Gibson