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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: December 22, 2007
Caption: Gordon's Attack
Additional Description: When Beckham's artillery began firing upon Caldwell's position on Coffee Hill, a Federal Brigade under Brig. Gen. Alexander Hays moved to counter the Confederate guns. Advancing from the Cedar Run bridge (close to Neavil's Mill), Hays had the 125th New York Infantry Regiment in the lead. Hayes encountered Confederate Brig. Gen. John B. Gordon's brigade counterattacking from the fence line to the left. Gordon was wounded in the attack, and Col. Thomas Ruffin of the 1st North Carolina Infantry was captured. Yet, the counterattack was effective and allowed Stuart to withdraw the artillery, cavalry and Gordon's infantry to the South.
Submitted: December 23, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p12508
File Size: 1.039 Megabytes

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