cannoneers

In the middle of the din I heard an artillery officer shouting to his "cannoneers" to stand by him, and plant the guns in a proper position for enfilading the lane.

Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 Arthur James Lyon Fremantle 1868

In the middle of the din I heard an artillery officer shouting to his "cannoneers" to stand by him, and plant the guns in a proper position for enfilading the lane.

Three Months in the Southern States: April, June, 1863. 1864

How do many of us do it, fellow "near sighted cannoneers," a term Krim took from cosmic Walt Whitman to describe the newspapers' and reporters' mid-century identity forged in that time's new media, taking aim, as it were, living up to a "majestic ideal" in truth-telling?

Regina Weinreich: Page One: Inside the New York Times: The Medium As Message Regina Weinreich 2011

How do many of us do it, fellow "near sighted cannoneers," a term Krim took from cosmic Walt Whitman to describe the newspapers' and reporters' mid-century identity forged in that time's new media, taking aim, as it were, living up to a "majestic ideal" in truth-telling?

Regina Weinreich: Page One: Inside the New York Times: The Medium As Message Regina Weinreich 2011

How do many of us do it, fellow "near sighted cannoneers," a term Krim took from cosmic Walt Whitman to describe the newspapers' and reporters' mid-century identity forged in that time's new media, taking aim, as it were, living up to a "majestic ideal" in truth-telling?

Regina Weinreich: Page One: Inside the New York Times: The Medium As Message Regina Weinreich 2011

How do many of us do it, fellow "near sighted cannoneers," a term Krim took from cosmic Walt Whitman to describe the newspapers' and reporters' mid-century identity forged in that time's new media, taking aim, as it were, living up to a "majestic ideal" in truth-telling?

Regina Weinreich: Page One: Inside the New York Times: The Medium As Message Regina Weinreich 2011

And so the cannoneers slept just next to the guns, and finally the enemy fired and was killed because the guns were pointed at the exact predicted firing point.

Starry, starry night Edstock 2010

And so the cannoneers slept just next to the guns, and finally the enemy fired and was killed because the guns were pointed at the exact predicted firing point.

Archive 2010-01-01 Edstock 2010

The cannoneers just loaded and counter-fired and finished them.

Archive 2010-01-01 Edstock 2010

The cannoneers just loaded and counter-fired and finished them.

Starry, starry night Edstock 2010