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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: November 10, 2007
Caption: Federal Trenches from the 1864 Campaign
Additional Description: The trenches next to the marker are not the massive structures seen at other battle sites such as Petersburg. These were entrenchments made rapidly at the time of the battle, typically shallow enough to cover the line of men laying prone. Time has eroded the works, but the traces remain. With three different major battles and untold numbers of movements through the region, traces like this are common throughout Spotsylvania County.
Submitted: December 2, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p11216
File Size: 1.828 Megabytes

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