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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: November 10, 2007
Caption: 12th New Hampshire
Additional Description: At 9:15 a.m. on May 3, 1863, the Federal lines in the woods were faltering. The 12th New Hampshire was sent forward to fill a gap in the lines. Here at the Hazel Grove-Fairview walking trail stop number four, the regiment stepped forward into the wood line at the bottom of this ridge. In the smoke filled woods, the fighting was hand to hand, but the men from the Granite State filled the line and stood firm. Of the 558 men entering the battle with the regiment, 317 were casualties at the end of the fighting.
Submitted: November 18, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p10448
File Size: 1.523 Megabytes

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