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Confederate Retreat Becomes Rout
Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: December 1, 2007
Caption: Confederate Retreat Becomes Rout
Additional Description: As the Federal forces overwhelmed the Confederate line along Fisher's Hill, the retreat became a rout. Generals Gordon, Pegram, and Ramseur attempted first to reform their divisions near Round Hill (just north of present day Mount Olive Road (Route 651). As part of the rallying efforts Colonel Alexander "Sandie" Pendleton was wounded. He would die the next day in Woodstock, VA.
Submitted: December 11, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p11751
File Size: 1.118 Megabytes

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