Benson's battery behind earthworks. At Fair Oaks or Seven Pines, Va

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Original Caption: Benson's battery behind earthworks. At Fair Oaks or Seven Pines, Va..
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-352
From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)
Photographer: Brady, Mathew, 1823 (ca.) - 1896
 
William Frassanito has identified this as Captain Edward J. Jones's battery, 11th Massachusetts Light Artillery near Petersburg, Virginia on June 21, 1864. Photographer Mathew Brady can be seen just behind the shoulder of the man standing at the left.
 
In that first closeup, it looks like maybe one guy has rammer down barrel with them holding the lanyard tight.
 
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