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The trusses were set 9 ft. 9 in. apart on centers, giving a clear opening of 8 ft. between the wheel guards under the hand-rails. The fender piles were creosoted. The float was 18 ft. long and 12 ft. wide. A contract was let to the Snare and Triest Company, and work was commenced early in August, 1909. The first caisson was poured early in September, and the last about the beginning of October.
Notwithstanding the strict orders to the contrary, two of our boys Billy Bumpus and John Gibbs had procured from a car about half a bushel of nice white sugar, put it in a sack-bag, and tied it securely, they thought, to the axle of a caisson. During the night either the bag stretched or the string slipped, letting a corner drag on the ground, which soon wore a hole.
At the rear was an idle battery, and three artillerymen in a foolish row on a caisson nudged each other and grinned at the recruits. "You'll catch it pretty soon," they called out. They were impersonally gleeful, as if they themselves were not also likely to catch it pretty soon.
As Tom paced about the office, Bud added, "What do you suppose they were using the caisson for?" "Probably as a base for some heavy, rotating search equipment," the young inventor surmised. "But why ditch it?" Tom shrugged. "An optimistic guess is that they spotted our Navy search force and pulled out quickly, fearing a surprise attack." "What's a pessimistic explanation?" Bud asked.
At this point the left of the regiment was near the right of the house, and I claim that my officers and men captured two large brass pieces, literally punching the cannoniers from their guns. Privates John Fregan and Jasper Patterson, from Company "A," rushed down the hill, captured one caisson, with a cannonier and six horses, and brought them back."
Ninth Corps positions near Antietam Creek Rodman's division at lower ford Sturgis's at the bridge Burnside's headquarters on the field View from his place of the battle on the right French's fight An exploding caisson Our orders to attack The hour Crisis of the battle Discussion of the sequence of events The Burnside bridge Exposed approach Enfiladed by enemy's artillery Disposition of enemy's troops His position very strong Importance of Rodman's movement by the ford The fight at the bridge Repulse Fresh efforts Tactics of the assault Success Formation on further bank Bringing up ammunition Willcox relieves Sturgis The latter now in support Advance against Sharpsburg Fierce combat Edge of the town reached Rodman's advance on the left A. P. Hill's Confederate division arrives from Harper's Ferry Attacks Rodman's flank A raw regiment breaks The line retires Sturgis comes into the gap Defensive position taken and held Enemy's assaults repulsed Troops sleeping on their arms McClellan's reserve Other troops not used McClellan's idea of Lee's force and plans Lee's retreat The terrible casualty lists.
It was clear that we could go no further without some sort of caisson to hold back the fine sand. Charlie, with his usual ingenuity, constructed a rough but serviceable one out of the wooden guards on the faces of our water-casks and the tin-lined box lids that we had taken from Hubbe's camp at Mount Allott. Instinct had told us right they were of use!
This emperor constructed a special vessel for the purpose, of greater dimensions than had ever been seen before; and after it had brought the obelisk to the banks of the Tiber, he commanded it to be filled with stones, and sunk as a caisson in the harbour of Ostia, which he was constructing at the time.
Now they aren't any printed books hereabouts, but you've got it all in your head " "I can't teach you much," Allan had said soberly, "whispering under bushes and listening for Schenck's cavalry! We might do something, though. You were an awful poor speller. Spell 'sergeant' now 'ordnance' now 'ammunition' 'battery' 'caisson' 'Howitzer' 'Napoleon' 'Tredegar' 'limber' 'trail' 'cannon-powder' "
Some splinters of wheel and an overturned caisson, with eight horses lying in a group, their hoofs extended like index boards, their necks elongated along the ground, and their bodies swollen were the results of a single shell trained upon the battery by a cool artillerist.
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