MAKE A MEME View Large Image ...This is a fancy sketch by the artist, and simply designed to show the subterfuge that sometimes had to be resorted to when there was a lack of guns, or there was a delay in receiving them. The fortifications would be prepared, and 'Quakers' ...
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Keywords: outdoor "This is a fancy sketch by the artist, and simply designed to show the subterfuge that sometimes had to be resorted to when there was a lack of guns, or there was a delay in receiving them. The fortifications would be prepared, and 'Quakers' mounted until the arrival of real guns. The 'Quakers' were made of wood and painted black, and at a distance could not be told from the genuine article." Conrad Wise Chapman, 1898 The American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va "This is a fancy sketch by the artist, and simply designed to show the subterfuge that sometimes had to be resorted to when there was a lack of guns, or there was a delay in receiving them. The fortifications would be prepared, and 'Quakers' mounted until the arrival of real guns. The 'Quakers' were made of wood and painted black, and at a distance could not be told from the genuine article." Conrad Wise Chapman, 1898 The American Civil War Museum, Richmond, Va
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