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![[Artillery position showing guns, ammunition shells, sandbags, and lean-tos]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvYXJ0aWxsZXJ5LXBvc2l0aW9uLXNob3dpbmctZ3Vucy1hbW11bml0aW9uLXNoZWxscy1zYW5kYmFncy1hbmQtbGVhbi10b3MtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/260/jpg "[Artillery position showing guns, ammunition shells, sandbags, and lean-tos]")
![[Bow, arrows, and quiver, also arrowheads and armband]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDYvYm93LWFycm93cy1hbmQtcXVpdmVyLWFsc28tYXJyb3doZWFkcy1hbmQtYXJtYmFuZC02YjI1MDItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "[Bow, arrows, and quiver, also arrowheads and armband]")
![[City Point, Virginia Wharf, Federal artillery, and anchored schooners]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvY2l0eS1wb2ludC12YS13aGFyZi1mZWRlcmFsLWFydGlsbGVyeS1hbmQtYW5jaG9yZWQtc2Nob29uZXJzLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/40/webp "[City Point, Virginia Wharf, Federal artillery, and anchored schooners]")
![[Full standing black soldier, rifle with fixed bayonet]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTIvZnVsbC1zdGFuZGluZy1ibGFjay1zb2xkaWVyLXJpZmxlLXdpdGgtZml4ZWQtYmF5b25ldC1lYTA0NTQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/48/webp "[Full standing black soldier, rifle with fixed bayonet]")
![[Sketch of a cannoneer and a cannon]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTUvc2tldGNoLW9mLWEtY2Fubm9uZWVyLWFuZC1hLWNhbm5vbi1lNzVhNzAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "[Sketch of a cannoneer and a cannon]")
![[Mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, and tents in the background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvbW91bnRlZC1ndW5zLWFuZC1hbW11bml0aW9uLWFyb3VuZC10aGUtcGVyaW1ldGVyLW9mLWEtZm9ydC1hbmQtdGVudHMtaW4tdGhlLTc0ZjQ4MS02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, and tents in the background]")
